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Category Archives: Scytherspace
First Grass of the Year
Following the long winter break, mowing the first grass of the year is always special. This year it was for a demonstration at the Greenwood Worker’s ‘Bodger’s Ball’. I always feel a little bit nervous after being away from mowing … Continue reading
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Tagged bodgers ball, National Trust, scythe, team mowing
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Scythe documents declassified!
Thanks to unnamed contacts sympathetic to the Scytherspace cause I have come into possession of an FAO (Food and Agricultural Organization of the US) document entitled Report to the Goverment of Iraq on Small Agricultural Implements which has been specially declassified for … Continue reading
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Schröckenfux tshirt
Thanks to Christiane, I am now the proud owner of my very own Schröckenfux tshirt, as modeled here in Kendal on a rare sunny day.
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Getting the meadow ready!
Finally spring is in the air – even in Austria. It feels we’ve waited a long time for it to come. With it the grass in the meadow I’m taking care of has started to grow but I could still see the … Continue reading
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Tagged Austria, blunt, Christiane Lechner, grass management, mouse hills, old grass, raking, scythe
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Pembrokeshire Snath
A couple of weeks ago I went to London to install a sculptural staircase bannister as part of my day job as a woodworker. While I was in the south-east I took a side trip to Reading and spent a … Continue reading
It changed the world!
You can keep your satellite-guided combine harvesters and robotic milking parlours, according to “1001 Inventions that changed the world” edited by Jack Challoner “The scythe is often ranked among the world’s most significant advances in agricultural implements of the past … Continue reading
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2011: Dates for the diary
As you’ll see if you visit the courses page of Scytherspace, Steve Tomlin and I are now taking bookings for a series of teaching courses this year, in south and east Cumbria. We’ll both be teaching some beginners’ mowing courses, … Continue reading
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SABI – what's in a name?
It must be the same as when you’re naming your kids and wondering how it’ll be turned into nicknames. After the Scythe Association (Britain & Ireland) was created, a few of us started to wonder that the acronym wouldn’t turn … Continue reading
Wensleydale Header
Scytherspace has a new header! I’ve been looking for ages for a picture to replace the generic one supplied by wordpress and put in a request during the Scythe Association meeting. My search had taken me through the pages of … Continue reading
NW Group Meeting Jan 2011
In the depths of winter, when there’s not much around to mow the next best thing is to meet up with friends and spend the evening talking about scythes and mowing. Following on from the National Scythe Association meeting the … Continue reading
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Tagged course, event, group, north west, scythe
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