Not an industrial injury, but…

[Mark RandParticipant @markrand96270]

Planted a couple of bags full of daffodils in the garden today. Instead of forking over the ground first, I just pushed holes into our clay soil with a trowel, I wasn't wearing gloves either.

Be sure to use all appropriate Personal Protective Equipment and labour saving tools when doing stuff…

[Mark RandParticipant @markrand96270]

[Brian Sweeting 2Participant @briansweeting2]

Or get a gardener😎

[vintagengineerParticipant @vintagengineer]

I don't have that problem. The last time I needed stitches in my hand they had a hell of a job getting the needle through my skin!!

[Barnaby WildeParticipant @barnabywilde70941]

When I ran a construction company one of the lads had a hilarious routine where he would show me what a blister looked like

Go get your tetanus boost & keep that wound VERY clean. There's some nasty things in soil !

[Joseph Noci 1Participant @josephnoci1]

There's some nasty things in soil !

Agreed! – Carrots, beets and even Daffodils!

Joe..

[Mike PooleParticipant @mikepoole82104]

That's the trouble with office workers hands, I get a blister just using a broom, maybe I should use one more often!

Mike

[Stuart BridgerParticipant @stuartbridger82290]

Ditto with office hands. Did a a hedgelaying competition on Saturday for the first time.
Four hours of axe and billhook work plus binding the top of the hedge in the rain. Gloves soaked. Hands were a complete mess yesterday. On road to recovery today though.

[Mike PooleParticipant @mikepoole82104]

A chap has just laid a hedge near me, it looks so much nicer than a hedge that has just been flailed into shape. It took a few days to do what a flail would do in a few minutes though.

Mike

[richardandtracyParticipant @richardandtracy]

Always hammer daffs into the ground. My wife shouts at me and I suddenly find I have a free afternoon.

Works every time.

Regards,

Richard.

[Stuart BridgerParticipant @stuartbridger82290]

Posted by Mike Poole on 20/11/2017 13:02:07:

A chap has just laid a hedge near me, it looks so much nicer than a hedge that has just been flailed into shape. It took a few days to do what a flail would do in a few minutes though.

Mike

The competition I entered, novices had to do 8 yards in 5 hours. Intermediate and open was 10 yards in the same time. As a novice who hasn't had that much experience, the time was very tight. Mind you I was the only competitor not using a chainsaw.

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

I think the two biggest surprises of my life were (1) my dad becoming a scout leader and (2) him teaching the scouts how to lay hedge.

I knew he grew up on a farm but it had never occurred to me that he had any 'rural skills'!

Neil

[Peter KroghParticipant @peterkrogh76576]

OK, I'll bite. What constitutes 'laying a hedge' ????

Pete

[Gordon AParticipant @gordona]

Hi Peter,

Useful explanation here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedge_laying.

Gordon.

[Peter KroghParticipant @peterkrogh76576]

Thanks Gordon! I always knew you Brits were a bit batty about horticulture but just how many ways are there to tame a hedge are there?? More than a dozen it seems….

Lost arts….

Pete

[Stuart BridgerParticipant @stuartbridger82290]

We are drifting way off the original topic here (sorry) , but here is before and after from Saturday. Not a competition winner, but gives a good idea of what it is all about. I ran out of time to finish it tidily. The idea is to make the hedge stock proof by cutting the stems (pleaching) and laying down to fill the bottom of the hedge. Stakes and binders are put in to stabilise the hedge until it grows back up from the bottom, which it does surprisingly quickly. The idea of pleaching is to cut the stem almost through enough so that it can be bent over but allowing enough cambium to keep it alive. It takes skill to be able to do that quickly without going all the way through… There are many different regional styles, this is Midland. The competition was held on the main road between Burford and Stow on the Wold, just past The Merrymouth Inn if anyone wants to take a look. It is a great rural skill to learn and keep alive. Given the heavy rain on Saturday, I would have rather have been in the workshop though!

[Phil H1Participant @philh196021]

Can't comment on hedges but gardening is very dangerous. I cut a buddleia bush down last years and had to go on quite powerful steroids because I had been poisoned – apparently. Nasty stuff – like a chemical weapon

Phil H

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

Posted by Peter Krogh on 20/11/2017 20:17:47:

Thanks Gordon! I always knew you Brits were a bit batty about horticulture but just how many ways are there to tame a hedge are there?? More than a dozen it seems….

Lost arts….

Pete

You miss out on an awful lot of wildlife by not having hedgerows.

In the 70s my mum told me that American tourists complained that when they visited the Uk they couldn't see the landscape because of the hedges along the roads

[Peter KroghParticipant @peterkrogh76576]

We don't have hedgerows that I know of. We do have fence lines that grow wild and that's where the critters are!

Thank you all for the enlightenment!

Pete

[vintagengineerParticipant @vintagengineer]

A properly laid hedge is impenetrable to almost any animal!

[Peter KroghParticipant @peterkrogh76576]

I'm wishing I'd known about 'laying' years ago. I would have planted something suitable just so I could try it! There's a lot of wire fence I'd like to replace with a layed hedge.

Pete

[Eric ArthrellParticipant @ericarthrell78468]

Many Years ago back in history it was a capital offence to do damage to a land owners hedge ?

I once saw a hedge Kettering way that had been shaped to resemble a full sized steam train mind you that was 40 years ago it might have tender and coaches now.

[clogsParticipant @clogs]

Hi all, speaking of hedges…….

had a bad case of hunter's walking on to a peice of land I own and fencing gets cut or ripped out by these morons…….had a few trees that fell down in a storm, laid them out where I wanted the hedge (100m)…..went for a walk an collected all kinds of tree saplings growing on my land mostly Sweetchesnut, Hazel, Blackthorn and a couple of Oaks, planted them next to the tree's…..

5 years on and perfect…….also planted wild blackberry (hate the stuff apart from the fruit) to grow thru the hedge…..the oaks and chestnut's will look good in 50 years……..

have a laugh every time I see at this time of year….(the hunters start up in Oct)……also, all my field entrances are blocked with heavy concrete lintles as well…… having a JCB 3CX helps a lot with this kinda job……

The Chasse are axxxxholes and have no respect for anyone else….so I allow my dogs to bark at them all the time they are around……..hate winter………back to the shed……….grrrr…….clogs

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