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The Wild Scythe Way
Learn to engage and understand the wild side of your meadow
Practical skills, good tools and knowledge are the keys to success
Good grassland management is absolutely fundamental to maintaining flower rich biodiverse meadows and grassland.
With the right training in scythe use and sharpening a good scythe is a surprisingly economical and efficient tool for mowing small to modest areas of grassland.
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Around the spring equinox, with daytime air and soil temperatures rising, the meadows begin to wake from their winter slumber. Fresh green …
Yellow rattle emergence was first confirmed this spring in my Norfolk wild flower meadow on March 9th 2024. The first emergence of …
Cutting Reed and Fen with scythes
Traditionally the vegetation of reedbeds, fens and marshes is harvested to provide thatching materials as well as feed and bedding for animals. …
This is an ‘everywhere-event’ — it aims to remind us all to prepare our scythes in advance of the mowing season and …
My investigations and review of whetstones in 2023 led me to having to get to grips with the concepts of material hardness …
There really is no contest – the scythe wins on absolutely every criteria I can think of! Even if I could think …
In David Tresemer’s Scythe Book he describes a tradition where mowers hung their scythes in a tree for the winter to rust …
To state the obvious, scythe blades are made from steel. They are not stainless, and in the main do not have protective …
I have been on a quest to either make or get my hands on a replica Must Farm bronze age sickle ever …