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BE3 - Management of Hedgrows
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<blockquote data-quote="Princess Pooper" data-source="post: 7612780" data-attributes="member: 971"><p>We have done hedge management under old CSS and then HLS and now Mid Tier, across the whole farm, using contractors. Some are road hedges and so ground conditions not an issue and the verge and road are wide enough to not cause a road safety hazard except for our own field gateways, so we trim the splay. </p><p></p><p>We normally work on 2 year cutting in February and most years, despite being on very heavy clay, managed to get everything done that we needed to. If we couldn't get on, - this Feb we only got the roadsides done - then we get at least some of them done in the autumn window, as they are now a 3 year hedge, just so we don't risk not being able to cut in Jan/Feb and it going to 4 years. Ours are mixed species hedges and yes they look a bit drastic when done at 3 years but they soon recover and our hedges look amazing and perform their agricultural function of a field boundary plus shelter for livestock[ATTACH=full]967773[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]967774[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]967775[/ATTACH]. All our fields are either permanent pasture, or a ley or (in the past, arable) with a tussocky grass margin, which gives the soil a bit more ability to recover after winter traffic than cultivated ground.</p><p></p><p>What used to REALLY annoy me under the old schemes was people who took the hedge money for 2 year cutting and then cut them in September before the birds need the berries, so that cop-out has been removed under the current scheme. Yes, the berries are there on the floor in the flailings, but they rot down/get eaten by slugs a lot quicker than if they are still on the hedge.</p><p></p><p>The extract quoted by the OP is a RECOMMENDATION not a 'you must'.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Princess Pooper, post: 7612780, member: 971"] We have done hedge management under old CSS and then HLS and now Mid Tier, across the whole farm, using contractors. Some are road hedges and so ground conditions not an issue and the verge and road are wide enough to not cause a road safety hazard except for our own field gateways, so we trim the splay. We normally work on 2 year cutting in February and most years, despite being on very heavy clay, managed to get everything done that we needed to. If we couldn't get on, - this Feb we only got the roadsides done - then we get at least some of them done in the autumn window, as they are now a 3 year hedge, just so we don't risk not being able to cut in Jan/Feb and it going to 4 years. Ours are mixed species hedges and yes they look a bit drastic when done at 3 years but they soon recover and our hedges look amazing and perform their agricultural function of a field boundary plus shelter for livestock[ATTACH type="full" alt="SnowHillhedge.jpg"]967773[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full" alt="IMG_20191110_123513.jpg"]967774[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full" alt="spring hedges.jpg"]967775[/ATTACH]. All our fields are either permanent pasture, or a ley or (in the past, arable) with a tussocky grass margin, which gives the soil a bit more ability to recover after winter traffic than cultivated ground. What used to REALLY annoy me under the old schemes was people who took the hedge money for 2 year cutting and then cut them in September before the birds need the berries, so that cop-out has been removed under the current scheme. Yes, the berries are there on the floor in the flailings, but they rot down/get eaten by slugs a lot quicker than if they are still on the hedge. The extract quoted by the OP is a RECOMMENDATION not a 'you must'. [/QUOTE]
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