For yhe next few months we are harvesting all our homegrown wllow by hand we cut it back to about 10 cm every year .there is 1st 2nd and 3rd year growth.the first years growth will have 2 to 10 rods,2nd year will have up to 20 or more rods and 3rd year 30 to 50 rods .each new willow cutting planted will take 3 years to start producing useful lengths of willow for weaving.
We are growing around 17 different varietys and colours atm and will continue planting for another 2 to 3 years.
The colours we have this year are stunning so we will be able to make some very colourful baskets
