Hedgerow Laying

[CluckyJay]

I am attempting this this coming up growing season. I have already started laying out the lines for it!

http://www.hedgeandhazel.co.uk/userimages/000.JPG

Pretty nifty, huh'?

Can you imagine training some longer limbs and making an enclosed run with them? Talk about pretty. Especially when in bloom.

 

[Pharm Girl]

Way cool, but looks like a LOT of work!

 

[CluckyJay]

Yeah but, its gardening!!!! Oh man, got the best of both worlds--being able to garden and make living fencing!
I have all the privet we need for it.

Just gotta dig and move them.

 

[CMV]

It will be gorgeous. Must see pics of the work in progress.

Good luck.

 

[CluckyJay]

I will take pictures of every step. I am gonna write a Hub about it. Ohhh, so exciting!

 

[Life is Good!]

Mother Earth News had an article on 'natural fencing' not so long ago (summertime?)....definately 2011 edition. Try searching their webpage for it.
They had a lot of good suggestions on appropriate bushes to try (barbed, not barbed, fruiting, evergreen, etc.)....that's what I am interested in! The article was quite nice.
We've got a LOT of red-twig dogwood. If it didn't self-sow by forming clumps, I'd consider using it - but could only tend to one side of the 'fence'. I'd have to trust the neighbor to take care of their side - and that doesn't seem neighborly to me (oh, I'll plant this and YOU tend your 1/2?!)

 

[CluckyJay]

lol. Too bad it won't just grow on one side. Those are such lovely plants. So pretty in the winter!

I am going to add pomegranate and quince to the layout. Not sure how yet, but I want to include a lot of medicinals in the hedgerow.

 

[tuckertori]

I have a greenbelt behind my house that has a path about 8 feet from my fence. I have thought about plantings to create a "hedgerow" look and to create more privacy from the path. We do have a fence, but more privacy is always nice. This looks beautiful! Luckily, we have permission to plant on the greenbelt within 6 feet of our fence.

 

[CluckyJay]

You should try this and post pictures!