Here at withysmythe meadow down in our willow beds ,we are growing 20 diffeent varietys of willow,all of which i have been given or have bought off of other willow growers and friends.
we are about half way through the willow harvesting ,and this year we are using the electric secateurs for the bug stuff, and for the finer willow
We are using a sthil combi tool with a small hedgecutter attachment.it is a lot quicker ,but we do need 2 people ,one person holds the whole willow plant whilst the other person uses the machine to cut the willow, we take it in turns and swop over every 20 minutes.Then after the cutting,i will go over the bed with the electric secateurs to tidy any untidy or long bits .We wont be planting any more willow this year,but maybe next year if we can find some more nice colours.
