Tag Archives: meadow

Scythe courses in Caithness, Scotland

Posted on October 8, 2015 by stevetomlin

A trip to the end of mainland Britain, scything for rare bees. Continue reading →

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Scything in Yorkshire

Posted on June 4, 2015 by stevetomlin

Learn scything
Learning to Scythe at a private meadow near York. Continue reading →

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Scythe course in NE Scotland

Posted on August 19, 2013 by stevetomlin

It’s a long drive from Kendal to the north-east of Scotland but it’s all worth it when you’re enjoying teaching people to scythe and the meadow is as nice as it was this weekend. I was invited up to teach … Continue reading →

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Hand hay making with the scythe

Posted on July 10, 2013 by stevetomlin

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 →

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Hay Meadow seminars in Brussels

Posted on October 26, 2012 by stevetomlin

Barbara Knowles, who organises the Hay Making festival in Transylvania has just sent me details of these two events taking place in Brussels looking at the issue of supporting Europe’s hay meadow. Europe’s hay meadows in decline – what are … Continue reading →

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Scythes on BBC tv – Countryfile

Posted on August 4, 2012 by stevetomlin

This week I got a call asking if I would teach John Craven to scythe for an episode of the BBC’s Countryfile programme. They were filming at Brantwood House and focussing on John Ruskin’s work in training and education. My recent … Continue reading →

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Meadow raking in Austria

Posted on March 19, 2012 by stevetomlin

I’m on holiday this week in Austria and, with spring well on the way over here, Christiane and I spent a few hours together raking the meadow she mows. This is public land by the apartments where Christiane lives and … Continue reading →

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Ransome's lawn mower

Posted on February 5, 2012 by stevetomlin

Here is the sentence you thought you’d never read on scytherspace: I’ve got myself a lawn mower. This though, is no ordinary mower, it’s a Ransome’s Ajax push mower from the 1960’s with 12″ wide cutters, solid wood rollers and … Continue reading →

Posted in Scytherspace, tools | Tagged cumbria, garden, hay, lawn, meadow, mower, push mower, ransomes ajax, scythe, training | 3 Comments

Dawn mowing at Brantwood

Posted on July 23, 2011 by stevetomlin

Sally Beamish, Estate Manager at Brantwood, the former home of John Ruskin and perhaps the most idyllic house in the Lake District, invited the north-west scything group to a dawn mow of a lakeside haymeadow which is at present cut … Continue reading →

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