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Author Archives: stevetomlin
Request for Chair-making memories
Jennie Alexander has asked me to see if I can help her trace any of the people and details of a green wood chair making course she taught there as John Alexander. If you were there or have any information … Continue reading
Posted in chair making, SteveTomlinCrafts
Tagged Alexander, chair, green wood, handmade, Jennie, John
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Scythe courses with Cumbria Wildlife Trust
Over the last couple of weeks I’ve been teaching a series of Learn to Mow with an Austrian Scythe courses for Cumbria Wildlife Trust as part of their Meadow Life project. Working over the next 3 years the project aims … Continue reading
Posted in scythe courses, Scytherspace
Tagged Austrian, course, cumbria, Meadow Life, scythe, scythe course, UK, Wildlife Trust
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Meadow patterns
The 15th July is an important date for a lot of farmers as it’s the first day you can cut your meadows if you are in the Higher Level Stewardship scheme. This means that everywhere you look the fields are … Continue reading
Learn to Mow in the North Pennines
As part of the new Nectarworks project in the North Pennines AONB I’ll be running a Learn to Mow course at the end of the month. There are still places available on this subsidized course which includes meals and accomodation … Continue reading
Posted in scythe courses, Scytherspace
Tagged Austrian, Nectarworks, north east, Pennines, scythe, scythe course, UK
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Baling the hay
On thursday Paul & Grace put in a heroic effort, manning the baler through the heat and putting out a massive 50 bales while Kirsten & I continued to spread and turn the grass cut on tuesday. While we worked … Continue reading
Mowing in the orchard
Lovely mowing conditions and the chance to cut a nice clean sward for hay making in the orchard at Sprint Mill. Peaceful and sustainable, it’s such a nice way to spend the morning and everyone can work at their own … Continue reading
Posted in hay making, Scytherspace
Tagged Austrian, hay, haymaking, mowing, orchard, scythe, UK
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Hand hay making with the scythe
The meadows are full of activity this week as farmers take advantage of the incredible weather to make hay while the sun shines. At Sprint Mill it’s no different except that we are making hay by hand. On Monday I … Continue reading
Posted in Scytherspace
Tagged Austrian, grass, hay making, meadow, mowing, orchard, scythe, UK
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Peening a scythe with the jig
Edward, who owns Sprint Mill where I run my scythe courses in Cumbria, is addicted to his 40cm Schroeckenfux scythe blade which he uses for trimming and tidying around the vegetable beds. It gets a lot of use and not … Continue reading
Posted in peening & sharpening, Scytherspace
Tagged Austrian, course, damage, jig, peen, peening, repair, scythe
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Carved serving spoons
I’m working my way through a pile of crooked branches that I collected earlier in the year and carving them into serving spoons and ladles. You can predict to some extent how a green wood crook will split but you’re … Continue reading
Posted in spoon carving, SteveTomlinCrafts
Tagged cherry, crook, damson, green wood, hand carved, handmade, ladle, serving, spoon
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Scything in the rain
Call that rain? Nowt but a bit of dampness in the air.. Thankfully it was nothing but showers and the seven students who turned up for their Learn to Scythe course had a great day. That was partly thanks to … Continue reading
Posted in scythe courses, Scytherspace
Tagged Austrian, course, cumbria, learn, scythe, scythe course, UK, workshop
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