I try and plant up at least a few gaps in the hedges each year but this season has been so dominated by tree planting nothing has happened yet and there is only a couple of weeks before the supply of bare rooted plants ends.
Having seen todays forecast for inclement weather moving in from midday I thought it would be an ideal day to do at least one hedge gap so this morning I called in at JA Jones’ whilst in Banks and picked up 50 60-80cm bare rooted hawthorn plants.
![Planting bare rooted Hawthorn in hedge gaps](http://www.rustical.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/2017-2-hedge-gaps-575x1024.jpg)
They all just got planted in time before the rain started. And it did rain. Outside jobs were definitely off the agenda so the chainsaws got a good service and all the chains got a proper sharpening.
Not the wasted day I thought it might be after all.