Thunk! The billhook bites deep and splits the hazel slantwise.
With a heave and a twist on the trunk, the young tree shakes its embryonic catkins against the sky and swishes down to lie lengthwise with the others.
Then begins the business of trimming the prone sapling and weaving it in so it becomes both hedge and living fence.
The Guardian: All the twists, trims and turns of a good hedge lay
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