Ayup fellow Woodlanders. How are you this week. Apologies for the sheer length of the video, I had 55 minutes at one point! Thanks so much for watching Regards, Darren
Why not try to sell a 10 foot dead hedge? I bet you would have a market emerge. Hey your doing great! I am just getting started here. I think I found my sweet spot for starting my willow harvest right around Easter. This way I can get cuttings, basket rods and such. Hey I don't think anything is boring as sometimes it is great just to walk others work at their craft. It is amazing how much you can pick up on. For example you had a video a while ago where you used you cant to twirl around a cut hung up timber so you could drop it where there was an opening. I had never seen a cant used in that way and it was one of those gems you can only pick up by watching others work. Just one example but don't short change yourself. Your woodlands there is really taking shape. We have brambles or black berry bush here as well. That stuff is a killer. Good for berry, wildlife and cordage, but it will cut ya. Nasty stuff.
If selling a dead hedge could work that’d be fab. I’m getting somewhere I think now, ticking off the jobs. Glad the willow is coming together for you. Must admit I do learn stuff just by watching. The turning/felling lever is a great bit of kit too. I just thought using the hook was common knowledge. All the best Darren
Mate i had to laugh when you said to your daughter you don't watch my videos we have the same with ours LOL and loving the soul music buddy also in one of your vlogs why not explain why the larches and other trees have a massive curve at the base of the trunks thanks for sharing great video buddy all the best Budo 🍺🤠👍🏻
Thanks Budo she was my biggest fan in the early days, she usually catches up. I’ll put a little video together about the bends, thanks so much. Regards Darren
Thanks for sharing, and a bit of solidarity with the weather, this is a really hard time of year for all of us who work outdoors. It's tough, really tough sometimes. Spending all winter either soaked or freezing and scraping a living does get to you, BUT spring is nearly here. Your videos are brilliant, real and informative. Keep going!! 😊
Darren, we all get in a funk from time to time. It's your body telling you to slow down and get yourself right. You're doing bloody great. Some of us can spend months or even years in the trenches as i call it. The weather certainly doesn't help at all. The better weather is just around the corner. It's fantastic to see everything in bud and coming round from its slumber. MAKE SURE YOU TAKE SOME TIME FOR YOURSELF. Wishing you the very, very best.
Thanks so much for your words of encouragement, it’s been so tough, I had a more relaxed day yesterday (bank holiday) back at it today in glorious sunshine working an another project before I start a hazel panel order.
@AbellTo I love your Hazel Panels. The whole premis of a solid outer frame, when the hazel in fill needs repairing, it's just that, a repair and not replacing a whole panel. Have you a website? Prolly should have checked the description first lol. I'd love some 4x8 ft panels along my frontage. They look so traditional. I've got some big old Alder that I was thinking to have felled and make some split rail fencing from. Can't fell them myself, but I'd love to do the stripping, splitting and building myself.
Yes we have a little web page. AbellTo. Send an email via the website I’ll respond directly then. Alder is lovely but would not last outdoors for more that a couple of years. Regards Darren
Great to see your latest video Darren. I was starting to worry something had happened...it's not always easy to shake off the blues especially when you're working alone. So pleased to see you back and with a smile despite the challenges of the weather and other stuff no doubt. Seems like the rain just has nowhere to go any more so every new downpour/shower floods the ground. Difficult, but hopefully the new Spring growth will start to suck it up.
Thanks mate, in my mind I’d set goals and deadlines and it just kept failing due in part to the weather, I think I take on too much but it’s learning what is vital at any particular time. Filming again this week with a whole bunch of videos in the pipeline
@@AbellTo Yep, it's not always easy to get everything done especially when things take longer than you want due to whatever reason. I think the endless rain in itself is a bit demoralising when you need to work in it. I took the 100 mile journey to my woods last week on the back of a 'sunshine and showers' weather forecast....it turned out to be endless showers with approx 5 mins of hazy sunshine. I forced myself to keep working as it had taken so long to get there....got soaked and I was still damp after my 2.5hrs in the car driving home!! A nice bath helped that's for sure!! Anyway, keep well my friend. And I'm looking forward to your next videos.
Glad to see a bit of bramble and dead wood though I know it’s nicer when tidy! Don’t know if you have read Entangled Life by Merlin Sheldrake or seen his film about the role fungi play in woodland. Enjoy the spring everyone!
Husqvarna log tongs for the win. I have the small one and the larger one. Wish I’d two of the smaller ones tbh. The longer handled one for dragging bigger logs looks more appealing than the short handle.
I know all too well how it feels to completely run out of motivation. Sometimes, it's like someone cracked an egg over my head! Still, stiff upper lip and keep marching forward, right! I know a lot of people talk about those Silky saws, but I think I might be more inclined towards the Wolfgarten pole saw. I like the hooks incorporated into the design, but really it's the fact that the saw can be removed and used in hand. I don't normally go for those tools that are supposed to be "interchangeable" but the Wolfgarten tools get good reviews from all the professionals who use them. While I have pole saws and hand saws, it's always been something of a bother to carry both of them afield. The only downside I can see is that the Wolfgarten saw doesn't appear to have a sheath that'd allow you to wear it on your belt to free your hands. That seems a little weird and I wrote to the company to inquire about it, hoping I'd missed something. No reply as of yet.
Good to see you at it again Darren, I’ve given up on some of these wet days, light the stove and read a book! I have two sets of tongs, one Husky and one Stihl, I like them both, I don’t think I’d like any bigger ones though, I think the weight is heavy enough. How’s your Same coming along or is it on the back burner?
I quite like the idea of a log burner day. I have this dream of a shepherds hut with a bed a chair and a log burner and some time to enjoy it. The Same is lying dormant just now until the rush of the heedless season is over. Hoping to get some jobs done on it soon and to get it under cover
Aww man, that sounds fab. About twenty years ago when I was on my own I was working in a wood about fifteen miles from home, I’d stay over on a night, tidy the brash a bit, fill my trailer with logs, have a fire and do my tea and bivvy down under a tarp off the back of my truck tied to a couple of trees, just me and the dog. I loved it!
Ayup fellow Woodlanders. How are you this week.
Apologies for the sheer length of the video, I had 55 minutes at one point!
Thanks so much for watching
Regards, Darren
Thanks for sharing and entertaining me with your thoughts, work and humour. Bendy camera tripod contribution 😉
Oh wow thanks so much, I’m always blown away by generosity, you’re very kind.
@@AbellTo you’re welcome…I really like your videos and I hope you continue with all your work and sharing on RUclips 🙏🏻
Why not try to sell a 10 foot dead hedge? I bet you would have a market emerge. Hey your doing great! I am just getting started here. I think I found my sweet spot for starting my willow harvest right around Easter. This way I can get cuttings, basket rods and such. Hey I don't think anything is boring as sometimes it is great just to walk others work at their craft. It is amazing how much you can pick up on. For example you had a video a while ago where you used you cant to twirl around a cut hung up timber so you could drop it where there was an opening. I had never seen a cant used in that way and it was one of those gems you can only pick up by watching others work. Just one example but don't short change yourself. Your woodlands there is really taking shape. We have brambles or black berry bush here as well. That stuff is a killer. Good for berry, wildlife and cordage, but it will cut ya. Nasty stuff.
If selling a dead hedge could work that’d be fab.
I’m getting somewhere I think now, ticking off the jobs.
Glad the willow is coming together for you.
Must admit I do learn stuff just by watching.
The turning/felling lever is a great bit of kit too. I just thought using the hook was common knowledge.
All the best Darren
Mate i had to laugh when you said to your daughter you don't watch my videos we have the same with ours LOL and loving the soul music buddy also in one of your vlogs why not explain why the larches and other trees have a massive curve at the base of the trunks thanks for sharing great video buddy
all the best Budo 🍺🤠👍🏻
When I see that cool curve I think of sleds, carts, chassis or furniture. Like those furniture plantations.
Thanks Budo she was my biggest fan in the early days, she usually catches up.
I’ll put a little video together about the bends, thanks so much. Regards Darren
Thanks for sharing, and a bit of solidarity with the weather, this is a really hard time of year for all of us who work outdoors. It's tough, really tough sometimes. Spending all winter either soaked or freezing and scraping a living does get to you, BUT spring is nearly here. Your videos are brilliant, real and informative. Keep going!! 😊
Thanks, anyone who works outdoors deserves a well earned tea break after this winter.
Thanks for your encouragement and for watching.
Regards Darren
Darren, we all get in a funk from time to time. It's your body telling you to slow down and get yourself right. You're doing bloody great. Some of us can spend months or even years in the trenches as i call it. The weather certainly doesn't help at all. The better weather is just around the corner. It's fantastic to see everything in bud and coming round from its slumber. MAKE SURE YOU TAKE SOME TIME FOR YOURSELF. Wishing you the very, very best.
Thanks so much for your words of encouragement, it’s been so tough, I had a more relaxed day yesterday (bank holiday) back at it today in glorious sunshine working an another project before I start a hazel panel order.
@AbellTo I love your Hazel Panels. The whole premis of a solid outer frame, when the hazel in fill needs repairing, it's just that, a repair and not replacing a whole panel. Have you a website? Prolly should have checked the description first lol. I'd love some 4x8 ft panels along my frontage. They look so traditional. I've got some big old Alder that I was thinking to have felled and make some split rail fencing from. Can't fell them myself, but I'd love to do the stripping, splitting and building myself.
Yes we have a little web page. AbellTo.
Send an email via the website I’ll respond directly then.
Alder is lovely but would not last outdoors for more that a couple of years.
Regards Darren
I like all your music selections
Thanks so much. I like variety too
Great to see your latest video Darren. I was starting to worry something had happened...it's not always easy to shake off the blues especially when you're working alone. So pleased to see you back and with a smile despite the challenges of the weather and other stuff no doubt. Seems like the rain just has nowhere to go any more so every new downpour/shower floods the ground. Difficult, but hopefully the new Spring growth will start to suck it up.
Thanks mate, in my mind I’d set goals and deadlines and it just kept failing due in part to the weather, I think I take on too much but it’s learning what is vital at any particular time.
Filming again this week with a whole bunch of videos in the pipeline
@@AbellTo Yep, it's not always easy to get everything done especially when things take longer than you want due to whatever reason. I think the endless rain in itself is a bit demoralising when you need to work in it. I took the 100 mile journey to my woods last week on the back of a 'sunshine and showers' weather forecast....it turned out to be endless showers with approx 5 mins of hazy sunshine. I forced myself to keep working as it had taken so long to get there....got soaked and I was still damp after my 2.5hrs in the car driving home!! A nice bath helped that's for sure!! Anyway, keep well my friend. And I'm looking forward to your next videos.
@@simonh2679 man that sounds tough. Well done for keeping going.
Glad to see a bit of bramble and dead wood though I know it’s nicer when tidy! Don’t know if you have read Entangled Life by Merlin Sheldrake or seen his film about the role fungi play in woodland. Enjoy the spring everyone!
Variety is so important in woodland, and in days past coppice workers used virtually every stick and yet it seemed to help the natural world
Enjoyed your video, I know what you mean about motivation, not easy some days, hopefully drier days coming, all the best.
Thanks, it was a tough couple of weeks and taking a few days away from filming eases the pressure
Husqvarna log tongs for the win. I have the small one and the larger one. Wish I’d two of the smaller ones tbh.
The longer handled one for dragging bigger logs looks more appealing than the short handle.
Great choice.
I know all too well how it feels to completely run out of motivation. Sometimes, it's like someone cracked an egg over my head! Still, stiff upper lip and keep marching forward, right!
I know a lot of people talk about those Silky saws, but I think I might be more inclined towards the Wolfgarten pole saw. I like the hooks incorporated into the design, but really it's the fact that the saw can be removed and used in hand. I don't normally go for those tools that are supposed to be "interchangeable" but the Wolfgarten tools get good reviews from all the professionals who use them. While I have pole saws and hand saws, it's always been something of a bother to carry both of them afield. The only downside I can see is that the Wolfgarten saw doesn't appear to have a sheath that'd allow you to wear it on your belt to free your hands. That seems a little weird and I wrote to the company to inquire about it, hoping I'd missed something. No reply as of yet.
Great tip I’ll have a look, I have a wolf garten pole and some other bits and I really rate them.
Thanks Darren
Mate I think everyone who works outside feels the same.this year has been the wettest. had enough
In deed it has, I watch @OllyBlogsAgricontractfarmer and I just don’t know how farmers have or will cope.
The Tain is one thing but I hate continually working in the mud
I totally understand.
Good to see you at it again Darren, I’ve given up on some of these wet days, light the stove and read a book! I have two sets of tongs, one Husky and one Stihl, I like them both, I don’t think I’d like any bigger ones though, I think the weight is heavy enough. How’s your Same coming along or is it on the back burner?
I quite like the idea of a log burner day. I have this dream of a shepherds hut with a bed a chair and a log burner and some time to enjoy it.
The Same is lying dormant just now until the rush of the heedless season is over. Hoping to get some jobs done on it soon and to get it under cover
Aww man, that sounds fab. About twenty years ago when I was on my own I was working in a wood about fifteen miles from home, I’d stay over on a night, tidy the brash a bit, fill my trailer with logs, have a fire and do my tea and bivvy down under a tarp off the back of my truck tied to a couple of trees, just me and the dog. I loved it!
@@Graeme-f5i that sounds fantastic, a simpler existence, I crave that some days.