I can’t wait for my Grandson to come and visit us in a couple of weeks. He’s really into his Beavers/Scouts and I want to show him your vids. Granddad’s already saving his garden burn-up pile for a camp fire 👍🏻
@@TAOutdoors I love your videos. I doubt you have the time to answer this or even see this but how is your bunker doing? Not sure if anyone else likes your bunker videos but I was super interested in what you were going to do with it.
@5:30 It is important to tell people that the vertical uprights are in odd numbers (5,7,9,11) and that the ends both finish on the same side (toward or away from you). This keeps the horizontals under tension and keeps the wattle fence together. :)
I've just tried for the first time with willow, with 5 uprights,, the middle one was under extreme pressure and eventually snapped, did you mean even numbers, 4,6,8 or did I do something else wrong?
Thank you so much for the video! I'm in N. Nevada & need a wind break for my 2 pet ducks. Tarps are such an eye sore & noisey too. Hazel doesn't grow here in the high desert..so I'll try & use sage elm & willow
It would be cool to make a boat like this. My struggle would be while stranded on a deserted island...I figure out how to do this without tools so that I can set sail.
Mike, honestly you and Dustin should write a manual on all the builds you've done so far. Its be great to have it all written down step by step for others to follow. Yet another great video, I'm learning more with each one so thank you! 👍🏼
Great video guys well done! If it helps you could try drilling your holes for the uprights in an arc shape - so if you were looking directly down at the piece you re-used from the bed, you would see a series of holes in a gentle arc shape from one end to the other. According to Ray Tabor (encyclopaedia of green woodwork) when you release the finished hurdle, it will want to pull itself straight and will therefore become even tighter and stronger. I haven’t tried this myself yet but it’s been on the todo list for so long it’s ridiculous! Think my hazels had better watch out next season. Thanks for your brilliant videos! Matt - Somerset
In Kent, we always used to split (rive) the Hazel with a froe then when you are weaving the hurdle, all you need at the ends is a half twist to withe the ends of each piece around to weave the ends in. That way the poles don't spread, using unriven poles for the horizontals is much harder to do and they are more inclined to break. I did four years of Environmental Conservation NVQ in the '80s, the hedge laying and hurdle making were two of the best bits of the course, the other was learning about how many different fungi and mushrooms are edible in the UK.
Aye... I did a couple of years with Walter Lloyd up in S. Lakes and a fair bit of wattle hurdle making. Used to split them with a bill hook... can keep the split central by bending the stick as you work down... keep your hands above the blade, though... I saw bone the day I forgot... that was 30yrs ago, just a faint scar now.
@@leegosling I worked with an old Gypsy who had a small narrow billhook that he could split with at three times my speed, he reckoned he was given it as a youngster in the '40s and used it for everything including peg (clothes) making, it was like a razor and would easily have gone down to the bone. Mine was an old Brades 11".
While I understand there's a need to trim some of the excess from the ends, wouldn't it make sense to leave a little more on each side? That way, you could potentially fit the ends of two wattle walls together a little tighter, giving you increased structural stability?
Nooooo, don't destroy the janky uncomfortable splintery bed! It's so.... um.... nostalgic? lol jkjk Edit: explaining my US midwestern slang. Janky basically means bodged up or poorly made
Now had you made plans and cut these willow stems in February think of how much time you would have saved. Mind you its for video purposes and completing the round house so I'm guessing all will go well?
I was taught to lay out the holes in the base in a slight arc. When you take the hurdle off the base and flatten it, it makes the whole weave tighter. Not that I've made more than a handful.
@@lorriehiner4049 The curve was looking down at the hurdle. I always turned it so the ends were farther way away than the middle, but that's personal preference.
This is an excellent tutorial! I’m going to use this method to make things using with Russian Olive, an invasive species here in Pennsylvania. Like Hazel, once it dries it’s extremely hard and durable. Thank you so much for demonstrating this technique. I’m going to make a garden fence gate and have several other projects in mind already. And I have a big supply of Russian Olive! Cheers and keep up the fine work!
I created 3 of these walls as a child building a den, took me weeks bit by bit & looked like rubbish compared to yours, great job ;) I'm doing these same wall style in my camp :) peace guys hope you're well
Great video! I’m gonna try this, also I notice you both have similar pants, may I ask what brand pants those are they look good for brushcraft! Great Chanel thanks for the videos
I've built fences like these for ages, but things like mentioned around 6:00 is exactly why I like your channel so much. Always learning something new!
Strong, readily available materials (at least in the UK), and most important of all (for me), aesthetically pleasing. Rather beautiful, actually. Thank you, Dustin & Mike, for showing us the technique for making a wattle 'wall'/fence. We sure do love your adventure series building historically-influenced houses. P.S. Amber did her classic "I'm a cool dog" routine, which makes us all happy!
Exactly what I needed! I've just cut a load of willow saplings down, around 1'' 1.5'' or so at the base, and wanted to put them to use. I already understood the basic idea, of wattle fencing panels, but was short of the finer points, which are explained here. Like the twisting and return to stabilise the verticals. I have a nice beech, roofing, leadwork, mallet, that will be ideal for packing the pieces down.😊 Thanks.
First thing I thought upon seeing the completed wall was turning it over would make a great half wall for … between livestock, Dutch door, window, a bar, you name it …
Excellent video, thank you for the work it takes to produce these. I have watched most of your build series and have long wanted to see one of these walls built from beginning to end. My woods have an abundance of buckeye saplings that will be an excellent substitute for hazel.
Been working on mine for a bit now still have about 25 feet to go then will send you pictures I did the fence around are property in the back this way the gf loves it my neighbor asked to do the rest of his backyard for him I do love how it looks thanks again for a great video
I just bought myself a scotch eye auger and was going to bushcraft a ladder and platform in a tree for deer hunting. This looks like it could be used to make a ground blind thats light and easy to set up and move.
@@TAOutdoors thanks for the reply! I swear, man. If I knew about your channel before building my own primitive shelter, I might've had one that would last more than a year. I've searched tirelessly for a channel like yours, but never did. Yours is the best channel for it, above all others.
Thanks for making this video, I’m about to start making fences and I was wondering how you guys do it Edit: can I do this with beech? I don’t think there are willow trees where I live
Thanks Bud. ;-) Out here in the Mohave desert resources are very limited. I rent, and the owner had put a large metal frame over and around the garden area. After watching y'all building those walls, I know how I'm going to use this fast growing oleander and Arizona desert ash branchs now, to help protect the garden area from the desert winds and critters! ;-)
@@melindalafevers7851 only the yellow flowering oleander that commonly grows in the UK, has the potential of being deadly, and then only to babies, very small children, or those with severely weak or compromised immune systems and small animals. In the 60 plus years that the PCC, Poison control center, has existed here in the United States, there has not been one verified reported case of death or even poisoning from oleander here in the United States. Only those that you have read or heard about online, a bunch of hype and fear mongering.
Thank you Mike for instructions on the hazelnut hut. Glad to see you n Dustin working together again. You both have skills, we enjoy watching... Arkansas Clyde 🇺🇸✌️
Thanks guys i have used your method but i made raised beds with it for my vegetable patch fences and it works amazing and so natural to infacw monty done in gardners worl done it to in his own garden cheers guys
if you're making a perimeter fence instead of a panel, would you place withees randomly throughout or would it be lest likely to splay or just keep it at the corners there as well
Good to see you having a good go at proper country crafts. It's good to keep these skills going. My Dad taught me how to make hurdles when I was a lad. Hot tip: chuck the silky saws in the bin and get a really good billhook - they've been improved upon over centuries especially for working hazel. There's a smith in Sutton Poyntz in Dorset near where your Dad goes fishing who makes a class product for thatchers. Maybe your Dad can get you one for your birthday ? Not a fan of the Silky Saw - I've got a small one and it's good for pruning 😊. Much prefer a bow saw for working in the woods - just works better. We used to split our hazel - makes it easier to manage and also twist and bind at the ends. The hurdle will also be lighter. We also bound ours every three or four weaves. Makes the fence stronger and more robust I reckon. Also recommend that the last hazel you lay that you go a couple of times round the last riser and 'weave' it into the previous hazel you laid. Again it makes the hurdle hold together better - especially when it dries out. And unless you are a gnarly country type, using a bodger to bed your hazels in will save you some aches and bruises !! Interesting to hear you call a twisted hazel a withy - never heard the word used in that context before. We used to call thin whippy tree (specially willow) shoots withies. So I looked up the etymology and it was interesting...
Amazing job on the wall. I don't know if Hazel will grow in the U.s. it would be nice to use it on the farm. Question do you plan on making any furniture for any of the different buildings you have made. Keep up the good job it's a joy to watch and learn.
I have always found it fascinating how's versatile making anything,walls, fish traps, bowls and containers,, laying Hedges, As well as more fashion and art with Celtic design works as well as platting hair! Also the making of string, we take it for granted nower days Not forgetting how great the woodlands would have looked!
@D. Price it's sad, you can't say anything to anyone now adays with out some one getting offended., it's not meant to be racist at all it is just a term of phrase that is said in a descriptive way.
I can’t wait for my Grandson to come and visit us in a couple of weeks. He’s really into his Beavers/Scouts and I want to show him your vids. Granddad’s already saving his garden burn-up pile for a camp fire 👍🏻
You sound like an amazing grandparent.
That’s awesome!
Hotdogs and marshmallows in for a rough time, I bet!
@@TAOutdoors I love your videos. I doubt you have the time to answer this or even see this but how is your bunker doing? Not sure if anyone else likes your bunker videos but I was super interested in what you were going to do with it.
I hope y’all have a blast!!!
I made a fence like this a few years ago with willow.
The stakes actually took root and now the fence is a row of young trees 😂
beautiful
Lolll
@Keith Branson noone cares ... obviously
Proof or gtfo
That's really cool!
@5:30 It is important to tell people that the vertical uprights are in odd numbers (5,7,9,11) and that the ends both finish on the same side (toward or away from you). This keeps the horizontals under tension and keeps the wattle fence together. :)
Thank you! I'm about to try building one and will put your tips into practice.
Excellent advice there!
I've just tried for the first time with willow, with 5 uprights,, the middle one was under extreme pressure and eventually snapped, did you mean even numbers, 4,6,8 or did I do something else wrong?
Can it hold a dog
I have a few kangals and one male European doberman
Realy nice Mike 👍🏼
Amazing, great video
Thank you so much for the video! I'm in N. Nevada & need a wind break for my 2 pet ducks. Tarps are such an eye sore & noisey too. Hazel doesn't grow here in the high desert..so I'll try & use sage elm & willow
Neighbors gone! Thanks for this, I like in the jungle and wanted a nature looking devider for our area... 🤙
I a german, my english is very bad and i understand nothing what you say. But what i see is greatest. You are my favorit builder
It's just good to see any walls other than the four I've been looking at for months here.
I feel that!💖
yep!
Soaking the hazel in a stream over night might make it pliable. We did this when making baskets.
We used to soak the splits in an 8ft galvanized horse trough when the hazel was a bit past 'green'.
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Bentwood chairs are steamed 👍
So 😍 beautiful
It would be cool to make a boat like this.
My struggle would be while stranded on a deserted island...I figure out how to do this without tools so that I can set sail.
Great video, as usual. Keep safe. Can`t wait to see the rest of the build. :)
Mike, honestly you and Dustin should write a manual on all the builds you've done so far. Its be great to have it all written down step by step for others to follow. Yet another great video, I'm learning more with each one so thank you! 👍🏼
I love public school boys, they are so grounded.
Awesome, brothers!
Great video guys well done! If it helps you could try drilling your holes for the uprights in an arc shape - so if you were looking directly down at the piece you re-used from the bed, you would see a series of holes in a gentle arc shape from one end to the other. According to Ray Tabor (encyclopaedia of green woodwork) when you release the finished hurdle, it will want to pull itself straight and will therefore become even tighter and stronger. I haven’t tried this myself yet but it’s been on the todo list for so long it’s ridiculous! Think my hazels had better watch out next season. Thanks for your brilliant videos! Matt - Somerset
In Kent, we always used to split (rive) the Hazel with a froe then when you are weaving the hurdle, all you need at the ends is a half twist to withe the ends of each piece around to weave the ends in. That way the poles don't spread, using unriven poles for the horizontals is much harder to do and they are more inclined to break.
I did four years of Environmental Conservation NVQ in the '80s, the hedge laying and hurdle making were two of the best bits of the course, the other was learning about how many different fungi and mushrooms are edible in the UK.
THANKS for commenting!
Aye... I did a couple of years with Walter Lloyd up in S. Lakes and a fair bit of wattle hurdle making. Used to split them with a bill hook... can keep the split central by bending the stick as you work down... keep your hands above the blade, though... I saw bone the day I forgot... that was 30yrs ago, just a faint scar now.
@@leegosling I worked with an old Gypsy who had a small narrow billhook that he could split with at three times my speed, he reckoned he was given it as a youngster in the '40s and used it for everything including peg (clothes) making, it was like a razor and would easily have gone down to the bone. Mine was an old Brades 11".
Salam kenal
I love it
My frand
While I understand there's a need to trim some of the excess from the ends, wouldn't it make sense to leave a little more on each side? That way, you could potentially fit the ends of two wattle walls together a little tighter, giving you increased structural stability?
I am just so interested in this wattle fencing. I might start with a shorter one like 3 ft tall to begin with. I love wood!
I’m gonna make a bush craft village and put that fence around it
Parabéns 👍🤗🎉🇧🇷
Nice, love the vids! 👍
Nooooo, don't destroy the janky uncomfortable splintery bed! It's so.... um.... nostalgic? lol jkjk
Edit: explaining my US midwestern slang. Janky basically means bodged up or poorly made
My back is all the better for it !
Now had you made plans and cut these willow stems in February think of how much time you would have saved. Mind you its for video purposes and completing the round house so I'm guessing all will go well?
Fav tips: bending green hazel wood over the end and then weaving it back in, otherwise if you don't do this your sides will splay out and get uneven.
I was taught to lay out the holes in the base in a slight arc.
When you take the hurdle off the base and flatten it, it makes the whole weave tighter.
Not that I've made more than a handful.
which way did the arc curve?
@@lorriehiner4049 The curve was looking down at the hurdle. I always turned it so the ends were farther way away than the middle, but that's personal preference.
@@lewerim good tip
This is an excellent tutorial! I’m going to use this method to make things using with Russian Olive, an invasive species here in Pennsylvania. Like Hazel, once it dries it’s extremely hard and durable. Thank you so much for demonstrating this technique. I’m going to make a garden fence gate and have several other projects in mind already. And I have a big supply of Russian Olive! Cheers and keep up the fine work!
Random question: do you think a 1.8m wall with thicker vertical posts could stop a zombie for a short while
I created 3 of these walls as a child building a den, took me weeks bit by bit & looked like rubbish compared to yours, great job ;) I'm doing these same wall style in my camp :) peace guys hope you're well
I envy you! I am so ready to abscond to the woods and loose myself in nature!
it's obvious they used power tools
@@camembertdalembert6323 how?
Hi 17th
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We dont have Hazel in Nebraska. Ive always used Sumac as a weaving material. For shelters, fences or making a platform for a trivois.
Are there any types of wood that will replace hazel in this
Russian Olive would likely work well keep in mind it has lots of thorns
This looks awesome! I love adventuring, exploring, building and being outside.
Great video! I’m gonna try this, also I notice you both have similar pants, may I ask what brand pants those are they look good for brushcraft! Great Chanel thanks for the videos
I've built fences like these for ages, but things like mentioned around 6:00 is exactly why I like your channel so much. Always learning something new!
Strong, readily available materials (at least in the UK), and most important of all (for me), aesthetically pleasing. Rather beautiful, actually. Thank you, Dustin & Mike, for showing us the technique for making a wattle 'wall'/fence. We sure do love your adventure series building historically-influenced houses. P.S. Amber did her classic "I'm a cool dog" routine, which makes us all happy!
They really are beautiful! And with only a few hand tools, really with reach for anyone who has the right materials.
Try gathering any of this in the UK. It will be "get off my land or I will release the dogs". So not really readily available.
They look really good and I bet they last a long time. If only I had a hazel tree!
first! I also love the videos!
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a medieval fence would include a defeated foes skull on top of a post. i look forward to your next installment.
That new kinda voicing on the 'timelapsed' parts is nice :thumbs_up:
Exactly what I needed!
I've just cut a load of willow saplings down, around 1'' 1.5'' or so at the base, and wanted to put them to use.
I already understood the basic idea, of wattle fencing panels, but was short of the finer points, which are explained here.
Like the twisting and return to stabilise the verticals.
I have a nice beech, roofing, leadwork, mallet, that will be ideal for packing the pieces down.😊
Thanks.
First thing I thought upon seeing the completed wall was turning it over would make a great half wall for … between livestock, Dutch door, window, a bar, you name it …
Excellent video, thank you for the work it takes to produce these. I have watched most of your build series and have long wanted to see one of these walls built from beginning to end. My woods have an abundance of buckeye saplings that will be an excellent substitute for hazel.
Great idea to buld such an interesting fence. I'll definitely try to build it.
Is it just me, or is everything about this movie of-fence-ive?
Alguien de México 🇲🇽
Been working on mine for a bit now still have about 25 feet to go then will send you pictures I did the fence around are property in the back this way the gf loves it my neighbor asked to do the rest of his backyard for him I do love how it looks thanks again for a great video
No worries! Glad you enjoyed it
Loving your videos keep up to amazing content
Thank you
You welcome but you did the work and I am enjoying watching the videos and am learning a lot so thank you
Great video mike, just watched dustin’s too. Going to be a cracking build once it’s finished. Hope alls well, stay safe
Ash 🏕
That was great, you are right, it didn’t look that hard, just time consuming!
Loved it!
Take care, be safe!
How’s your family?
Doing well and keeping safe thanks Bobbie!
I just bought myself a scotch eye auger and was going to bushcraft a ladder and platform in a tree for deer hunting. This looks like it could be used to make a ground blind thats light and easy to set up and move.
C'est toujours aussi cool er intéressant de te regarder, merci bcp pour ce partage
I've been wanting to find an in depth tutorial over how to make these! Thank you for that!
Glad to help!
@@TAOutdoors thanks for the reply!
I swear, man. If I knew about your channel before building my own primitive shelter, I might've had one that would last more than a year.
I've searched tirelessly for a channel like yours, but never did. Yours is the best channel for it, above all others.
Awsome video man🙏
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@@Tier1GearEDCReviews 🍻
Thanks for making this video, I’m about to start making fences and I was wondering how you guys do it
Edit: can I do this with beech? I don’t think there are willow trees where I live
Thanks Bud. ;-) Out here in the Mohave desert resources are very limited. I rent, and the owner had put a large metal frame over and around the garden area. After watching y'all building those walls, I know how I'm going to use this fast growing oleander and Arizona desert ash branchs now, to help protect the garden area from the desert winds and critters! ;-)
Just remember that oleander is deadly poison. I’ve heard of people dying just from using a stick to roast their hotdog on.
@@melindalafevers7851 only the yellow flowering oleander that commonly grows in the UK, has the potential of being deadly, and then only to babies, very small children, or those with severely weak or compromised immune systems and small animals.
In the 60 plus years that the PCC, Poison control center, has existed here in the United States, there has not been one verified reported case of death or even poisoning from oleander here in the United States.
Only those that you have read or heard about online, a bunch of hype and fear mongering.
Maybe salt cedar?
I love your videos keep it up!
Nice work; a larger version could probably do well as a residential privacy fence. Any idea how long they normally last before needing replacement?
Thank you Mike for instructions on the hazelnut hut. Glad to see you n Dustin working together again. You both have skills, we enjoy watching... Arkansas Clyde 🇺🇸✌️
Thanks guys i have used your method but i made raised beds with it for my vegetable patch fences and it works amazing and so natural to infacw monty done in gardners worl done it to in his own garden cheers guys
Thank you. Useful information. Your channel showed up in my feed for whatever reason so I subscribed. You can't learn too many skills.
Cheers! Welcome to the channel.
I ovaj je super video...
What other types of wood is suitable to build this type of fencing for example, in the US?
Possibly maple, willow. Any type of small straight sapling can work with this method.
@@TAOutdoors thank you!
Love this weave method of willow fencing.
Hazel sorry not willow. Can use willow for screening the same way tho
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HE COPIED MY VIDEO
Beautiful and so neatly done it makes me so happy thats yous get such a kick out of it
Hey I like the new voice over.... Almost like I'm watching national geographic now! Lol
I'll say this: Don't use your hand as a hammer, please.
I need to get back into this type of fence building ... I use to do it years ago as a teen.. I'm way beyond that now.
Damn I love fences
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Very interesting video lads ! Keep up the good work 🔥
This is great 👍
Thanks for the amazing content yet again
Just finished mine but im really impressed with how you did this one.
You could also use this method to make a bed...
So, is this the "wattle" in "wattle-and-daub" construction?
This is indeed the wattle!
Thank you! Teaching is important! Sir!
if you're making a perimeter fence instead of a panel, would you place withees randomly throughout or would it be lest likely to splay or just keep it at the corners there as well
Beautiful. Thank you for doing all this and the upload.
Four or more of these would make an excellent raised bed planter!
Thank you for the video. I want to learn how to live off the land. Video like these inspire me. Please make more bless you.
Ovaj kanal je jedan od jos cetiri kanala koje ja pratim... Super je !
@13:50 using your saw and scotch auger, you can make wooden hinges that go over an outside vertical within the wattle. Then you have a gate! :)
Good to see you having a good go at proper country crafts. It's good to keep these skills going.
My Dad taught me how to make hurdles when I was a lad.
Hot tip: chuck the silky saws in the bin and get a really good billhook - they've been improved upon over centuries especially for working hazel. There's a smith in Sutton Poyntz in Dorset near where your Dad goes fishing who makes a class product for thatchers. Maybe your Dad can get you one for your birthday ?
Not a fan of the Silky Saw - I've got a small one and it's good for pruning 😊. Much prefer a bow saw for working in the woods - just works better.
We used to split our hazel - makes it easier to manage and also twist and bind at the ends. The hurdle will also be lighter.
We also bound ours every three or four weaves. Makes the fence stronger and more robust I reckon.
Also recommend that the last hazel you lay that you go a couple of times round the last riser and 'weave' it into the previous hazel you laid. Again it makes the hurdle hold together better - especially when it dries out.
And unless you are a gnarly country type, using a bodger to bed your hazels in will save you some aches and bruises !!
Interesting to hear you call a twisted hazel a withy - never heard the word used in that context before. We used to call thin whippy tree (specially willow) shoots withies. So I looked up the etymology and it was interesting...
Amazing job on the wall. I don't know if Hazel will grow in the U.s. it would be nice to use it on the farm. Question do you plan on making any furniture for any of the different buildings you have made. Keep up the good job it's a joy to watch and learn.
Good video 👍
8:36 "really long span in the UK"
3 hours
Love all the builds but I feel like you haven't really used or even finished most of them before moving on to the next.
Beauty narrating on this one bud
I have learned a lot from you guys and your dad !!! I hope all is well and thank you for another great video !!! Take care
I have always found it fascinating how's versatile making anything,walls, fish traps, bowls and containers,, laying Hedges, As well as more fashion and art with Celtic design works as well as platting hair! Also the making of string, we take it for granted nower days
Not forgetting how great the woodlands would have looked!
So much easier using split bamboo with the exact same principles except you only need a light hammer and sturdy knife.
9:17 “Giving the stick a Chinese burn” in America its an Indian sun burn lol
Over here it's called a donkey bite.
@D. Price it's sad, you can't say anything to anyone now adays with out some one getting offended., it's not meant to be racist at all it is just a term of phrase that is said in a descriptive way.
I'm gonna do try this
Thanks
Hi where did you get the auger. Im so hooked on channel brilliant content 👏
Is there a rule of thumb as to how often to do the twist wrap to keep the staves straight? IE after every 5 verticals etc, thanks.
I love your show Mike I miss the overnight at the Viking house hope your dad stay a night with you stay safe
damn early
Finished product looks great guys. Love the build series and am hoping to build a roundhouse after lockdown! Picked up a lot from the series, thanks.
Go to your website. I have send you something today
oddly satisfying wood complition
Yo 2 em
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