I’ve spent the last couple of days training this lovely group of volunteers to scythe at Tittesworth Reservoir in Staffordshire for Severn Trent Water.
We were dodging the rain while learning about aetting up an Austrian scythe, honing in the field and mowing including cutting flattened grass and on a slope.
We also did some peening of the blades so the team is fully equipped with all the skills to use their scythes on the site. Now, they just need to practise and they have plenty of grass for that!
If your conservation group would like to learn to scythe, check out my Learn to Scythe page and get in touch.
