I came to trim a beech hedge about 50m long - a job I do every year for a regular client of mine, however the beech grows very quickly. A few years ago I shot a video at this location and I had to do a radical pruning of this hedge, cutting about a meter off the sides as the hedge had become very overgrown, but unfortunately that video was lost so I shot a new one. I started the pruning with a Stihl HSA86, first cutting off the sides, then using a ladder to trim the top, and lightly shaping the four globular tuias which resemble green 'lollipops on a stick'. I then did some light pruning of a green hedge of not very tall thuas about 15m long and finally trimmed a hedge of blue cypress, although this was not really necessary as the owners regularly did this work themselves. When all the hedges were trimmed, I set about cleaning up, raking everything with rakes and pitchforks and packing it all into green bags. I offered to help my neighbors every time to trim the hedge opposite, but they never agreed, so this time I left it overgrown. The whole job took me five hours.
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