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Tag Archives: Yorkshire
Scything course at RHS Harlow Carr in Harrogate
A lovely group of new mowers learning to scythe at RHS Garden Harlow Carr. Continue reading
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Tagged Austrian scythe, course, Harrogate, RHS, Yorkshire
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Learn to Scythe at Meadow Connections Festival
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Tagged Austrian scythe, learn scything, Yorkshire
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Scything at St John's Church
Scything in a churchyard in N. Yorkshire. Continue reading
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Tagged Austrian scythe, church, churchyard, grave stones, Yorkshire
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Learning axe & knife skills for spoon carving
A terrific workshop at RHS Harlow Carr last weekend, teaching axe and knife skills while making wooden spoons along the way. Continue reading
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Tagged 2017, course, Harrogate, RHS, UK, workshop, Yorkshire
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More Learn to Scythe courses in July
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Mowing and haymaking weekend in the Yorkshire Dales
Join a scything team and help make hay on a North Yorkshire meadow. Continue reading
A month of mowing
July was my busiest mowing month ever, a whistlestop tour of some of the nicest meadows in the NW. Lots of sun, loads of nice people and I even had my portrait painted! Continue reading
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Tagged Austrian, cumbria, lancashire, learn scything, nw, scythe, Yorkshire
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Scything rocks!
I often get emails and questions from people asking if the scythe can cope with cutting grass in what they think are difficult situations. The answer’s pretty much always ‘yes’ so I thought nothing of it when I was invited to teach a day of bespoke tuition for Mike and Rachel who said that the mowing on their smallholding was “challenging”.
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Learn to Scythe in the Yorkshire Dales
This weekend’s Learn to Scythe course was organised by the Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust as part of their ongoing hay meadow project. Based at Keasden Head farm with terrific views of the Yorkshire Three Peaks 10 students took part over … Continue reading
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Tagged anvil, Austrian, jig, learn to scythe, mowing, peening, scythe, scythe course, UK, Yorkshire
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Tough grass no problem for St Nick's
A midweek course this week at St Nicholas Fields in York, a nature reserve and sustainability centre hidden in the city. Their centre manager Jonathan came and took part in last years Scythe Teachers’ course in Somerset but decided to … Continue reading
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Tagged beginners, course, learn, scythe, scythe course, tough grass, tussocks, workshop, Yorkshire
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