French Hedges, or rather the lack of them!

[andybk]

And your lot want to reintroduce the bloody things

my fb timeline is full of dreadful images most weeks , in some ways im hoping they kill a few pets instead of farm stock might get the message then, do you know if they were released in the park or have they spread out from the swiss boarder ?

 

[czechmate]

my fb timeline is full of dreadful images most weeks , in some ways im hoping they kill a few pets instead of farm stock might get the message then, do you know if they were released in the park or have they spread out from the swiss boarder ?

we are mid way between Poitier and Limoges, Montmoillon for example. There are wolves here. There is a quite large military training base outside Montmorillon and it seems they do well in there

 

[Matthew Britton]

The Morvan National Park is a great area to see trees and hedges, it is south of Auxerre.

I think that’s about an hour from us. It is where a lot of France’s Christmas trees come from.

 

[Matthew Britton]

we are mid way between Poitier and Limoges, Montmoillon for example. There are wolves here. There is a quite large military training base outside Montmorillon and it seems they do well in there

Fortunately we don’t seem to have a problem at the moment, as far as I am concerned they can stop in Morvan parc!

 

[steveR]

The Colonists tried to introduce hedges here initially, thank Fuch that idea never took off

Probably for the fox hunting....

 

[czechmate]

Fortunately we don’t seem to have a problem at the moment, as far as I am concerned they can stop in Morvan parc!

ive not heard of any problems with cattle

 

[will l]

are there many hedges in Nice?

This is Nice.

 

[czechmate]

This is Nice.
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Nice

 

[steveR]

This is Nice.
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Looks nicer than Barmouth...

 

[Cheesehead]

Caen , St Malo , big girls route , men go to Dover ...

Not at the moment, Men are currently waiting at Maidstone I believe for both Dover and Folkestone at least the lorries are the feed didn't get here till 8pm last week due to the traffic as the holidayers drive like numpties to get into the rear entrance of the Tunnel and the twits in vans try to do the same before going back to Maidstone.

I get bored on the tunnel , 35 minutes

Not if you were on the one the other day that broke down in the tunnel, wouldn't have been a good day to suffer claustrophobia.

 

[Nigel Wellings]

As @Matthew Britton says plenty of hedges in the Bourbonnais region. I'm always disappointed with standard of management of them though. Never seen any hedgelaying in the whole area and although plenty of them ,none of them stockproof and always have electric/barbed wire back fence. Any chance of teaching the french hedgelaying@matthew britton?
Morvan National Parc amazing area of grassland farms with small fields, cattle and many miles of hedges. Like turning the clock back 50-60 years.
One of the great things about french countryside is you have such a wide ranging mixture of different farming types and very little appetite for re-wilding!

 

[Matthew Britton]

As @Matthew Britton says plenty of hedges in the Bourbonnais region. I'm always disappointed with standard of management of them though. Never seen any hedgelaying in the whole area and although plenty of them ,none of them stockproof and always have electric/barbed wire back fence. Any chance of teaching the french hedgelaying@matthew britton?
Morvan National Parc amazing area of grassland farms with small fields, cattle and many miles of hedges. Like turning the clock back 50-60 years.
One of the great things about french countryside is you have such a wide ranging mixture of different farming types and very little appetite for re-wilding!

Not a lot of chance from me I am afraid, I struggle enough with trimming them let alone laying one! There are very few who make a nice job of cutting them, infact I can only think of one farm locally who makes them nice and square/boxy the rest are more my style of wiz round and knock off the worst. It is the reason that the soon to be Mrs Britton is being trained to to them, she likes things too look nice so makes a bit more effort! Where were you farming @Nigel Wellings ?

 

[Nigel Wellings]

Not a lot of chance from me I am afraid, I struggle enough with trimming them let alone laying one! There are very few who make a nice job of cutting them, infact I can only think of one farm locally who makes them nice and square/boxy the rest are more my style of wiz round and knock off the worst. It is the reason that the soon to be Mrs Britton is being trained to to them, she likes things too look nice so makes a bit more effort! Where were you farming @Nigel Wellings ?

Still have a house 3-4km from Bourbon L'Archambault and love that whole area. There are some good soils for both grass and arable in that area at very reasonable prices even today. Know a number of the farmers in that area and love the attitude, sense of community etc. I farmed in the Indre between Chateauroux and Tours. Sold to a certain Chinese enterprise that caused quite a bit of controversy in french farming! Would not rule out buying a farm in the Allier at some point.

 

[Matthew Britton]

Still have a house 3-4km from Bourbon L'Archambault and love that whole area. There are some good soils for both grass and arable in that area at very reasonable prices even today. Know a number of the farmers in that area and love the attitude, sense of community etc. I farmed in the Indre between Chateauroux and Tours. Sold to a certain Chinese enterprise that caused quite a bit of controversy in french farming! Would not rule out buying a farm in the Allier at some point.

Well in that case you know where we are then, we were in Bourbon market yesterday. We love it here and now we have found a local farm to buy won’t be going far. We did head west for a look at a couple of farms in February but it just didn’t capture us like this area. Community is great too and proper french with oit too many expat English bringing their problems and attitudes, not the farming fraternity on here I hasten to add! If you fancy meeting up for a chat when your down give me a shout.

 

[Nigel Wellings]

Well in that case you know where we are then, we were in Bourbon market yesterday. We love it here and now we have found a local farm to buy won’t be going far. We did head west for a look at a couple of farms in February but it just didn’t capture us like this area. Community is great too and proper french with oit too many expat English bringing their problems and attitudes, not the farming fraternity on here I hasten to add! If you fancy meeting up for a chat when your down give me a shout.

Thanks Matthew, will pm you when I know I'm next coming over. Pleased to meet for a chat. All the best,

 

[czechmate]

Still have a house 3-4km from Bourbon L'Archambault and love that whole area. There are some good soils for both grass and arable in that area at very reasonable prices even today. Know a number of the farmers in that area and love the attitude, sense of community etc. I farmed in the Indre between Chateauroux and Tours. Sold to a certain Chinese enterprise that caused quite a bit of controversy in french farming! Would not rule out buying a farm in the Allier at some point.

mark booth agent?

 

[czechmate]

Not a lot of chance from me I am afraid, I struggle enough with trimming them let alone laying one! There are very few who make a nice job of cutting them, infact I can only think of one farm locally who makes them nice and square/boxy the rest are more my style of wiz round and knock off the worst. It is the reason that the soon to be Mrs Britton is being trained to to them, she likes things too look nice so makes a bit more effort! Where were you farming @Nigel Wellings ?

my ex father in law was a professional hedge later and I did some work with him many years ago...
Well, I know I said I hate hedge trimming but LAYING

 

[Matthew Britton]

mark booth agent?

Yes, bloody useless lot. We left the second farm with a degree of enthusiasm at the time. Michelle promised to forward pac details etc. I have not heard from her since. Fortunately I think we have found our place……….hopefully!

 

[czechmate]

Yes, bloody useless lot. We left the second farm with a degree of enthusiasm at the time. Michelle promised to forward pac details etc. I have not heard from her since. Fortunately I think we have found our place……….hopefully!

they are very busy.
Mind, it seems a bit unreasonable expecting them to organise your Easter celebrations

 

[Matthew Britton]

they are very busy.
Mind, it seems a bit unreasonable expecting them to organise your Easter celebrations

I am glad they are busy ( she told me how busy they were repeatedly) because they won’t be getting any of our money.