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Tag Archives: haymaking
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
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Tagged Austrian, hay, haymaking, mowing, orchard, scythe, UK
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Scythe haymaking video
I made this video during the Scythe Improvers and peening courses I ran in August with clips of the group learning to mow in the orchard, hammering and cutting weeds on a slope. It also includes the haymaking Edward, Christiane … Continue reading
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Tagged baler, course, hay, haymaking, improver, peening, scythe
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Transylvanian Haymaking on tv
I just found this tv programme from last year’s Haymaking Festival in Transylvania. This year’s event is on 19-26 August 2012 in Gyimes, Transylvania. Follow the link to read about last year’s festival. To book a place, contact Barbara Knowles a british biologist and science … Continue reading
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Tagged festival, hay, haymaking, mowing, prince charles, romania, scythe, transylvania
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Transylvania Haymaking Festival dates & Scythe royalty
I’ve just been sent the dates for this year’s International Haymaking Festival in Transylvania. The fourth festival will take place on 19-26 August 2012 in Gyimes, Transylvania. Last year’s festival was a wonderful week and the event grows and improves year. … Continue reading
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Tagged festival, hay, haymaking, mowing, prince charles, romania, scythe, transylvania
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Transylvanian milking stool
A quick post to share a picture I found from the trip Christiane and I made to Gyimes in Transylvania this summer for a Haymaking Festival. One morning we got up early and walked up the hill to where our … Continue reading
Hay rescue in Transylvania
During the summer, Christiane Lechner and I set off for the far east of Romania to attend the International Haymaking festival at Gyimes in the White Carpathain mountains of Transylvania. During the week we learned a huge amount about haymaking, … Continue reading
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Tagged Christiane Lechner, festival, hay making, haymaking, romania, transylvania
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Haymaking poem
I’ve been sent this poem by Neil Diment, community officer for the HayTime project in the North Pennines AONB. Neil was one of the participants on the Transylvania Haymaking Festival and writes, “Having, at long last, tried my hand at … Continue reading
Transylvania Mowing Competition 2011
While the rest of the sports media was focussed on the World Athletics Championships in Daegu, South Korea I was making my own debut representing my country on the international sports stage. This was the first Scythe Mowing Competition in … Continue reading
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Tagged 2011, Christiane Lechner, competition, festival, haymaking, romania, scythe, transylvania
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Romanian front page news
Christiane and I are just back from a wonderful week at the Transylvania Haymaking Festival. As well as meeting and working with a great bunch of people from around Europe, we took part in a mowing competition. Christiane and her … Continue reading
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Tagged Christiane Lechner, festival, haymaking, newspaper, romania, transylvania
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Haymaking festival excitement
I’ve just received the programme for a Haymaking Festival that Christiane and I are travelling to in the Transylvania region of Romania. A couple of friends have been to the country before and say it is a truly special place, … Continue reading
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Tagged haymaking, haystack, romania, transylvania
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