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A Community Mow

July 21, 2024 by Peter Leave a Comment

Last year was the year I had both of my knees replaced (one in May and the other in November) and it was a year where I was very limited physically. For those of you who have seen some of the articles in this blog, you will realise that I have about an acre of land that I manage with a scythe. In between my two knee operations, I tried to do some scything, but it wasn't really … [Read more...] about A Community Mow

The importance of a good hay rake

September 30, 2020 by Peter Leave a Comment

the importance of a good hay rake

As you may know from some of my recent posts (especially "Rows and rows of windrows" last year), I cut the grass in a large part of my garden using a scythe. Why, you might ask? There are many good reasons including effectiveness, exercise, no pollution, no noise and low expense. One extremely important thing that goes along with my scythe is a good hay rake. I didn't know … [Read more...] about The importance of a good hay rake

Rows and rows of windrows

July 17, 2019 by Peter 1 Comment

rows and rows of windrows

As you might already know, I do a bit of scything around my garden, and you may be wondering what happens to all the grass. Ok, that thought probably never entered your head, but I'd like to think it did. In my garden, I like to try to keep everything circular - everything that's produced by the garden goes back into the garden - and I use all the grass that I cut to enrich the … [Read more...] about Rows and rows of windrows

Scything with frost

December 3, 2018 by Peter 2 Comments

scything with frost

Back at the end of October we got our first frost of the year and I had no idea what it would be like scything with frost. I know, you're probably thinking "scything!" Cutting grass with a scythe? Yes, it's all true and it's not as crazy as you think. Back in 2015, our back garden had hip-high grass and I was wondering how to get it under control. I went on a scything course … [Read more...] about Scything with frost

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