Tag: hedge-laying

  • Maasheggenvlechten: Hedge Weaving in the Netherlands

          “This is THE hedge-laying competition!” exclaimed John French as he presented the John French Prize for Best Cutting at the Maasheggenvlechten (literally ‘Meuse Hedge Weaving) last weekend, and indeed it is a hedge-laying competition like no other. Why do thousands of Dutch people flock to fields in the Netherlands to watch a…

  • 3 Go to Canada: Hedges, Novel Ecosystems and Damn Fine Donuts

    3 Go to Canada: Hedges, Novel Ecosystems and Damn Fine Donuts

        Where I find myself in Ontario Canada introducing the technique of hedge-laying and discovering social-ecological complexity, Novel Ecosystems theory and Community Supported Agriculture along the way     I’m writing this blog as US Citizens go to the polls and a baked potato crisps in the oven, getting ready for a date with…

  • Hedgerows,moonlight and deer on the hoof

    On a perfectly sunny winters day earlier this week, I started my first hedge-laying task of the season. Michael (Fi’s Dad) and I began with work on the hedge that borders his property. Michael had already done a stirling job with son-in-law Andy taking the bulk of the heavy stuff from a line of overgrown…