syrinx

My friends Peter and Fay Vido gave me a scythe and some guidance in using it late last fall and I had been itching to get it out this spring. So when my neighbor had an overgrown lawn, I offered to mow it with the scythe. What a pleasure, and no noise or fumes. I did another overgrown yard and now I am looking for neglected verges, country trails etc. to hone my skills (and do something useful), and expect it will even replace my reel mower, once I get better at it. It doesn’t take much skill to use a scythe to trim around the yard, and that's much faster and easier than using clippers, probably even than using whipper-snippers. The Vido family are hosting a workshop/symposium on use of the scythe at Lower Kintore, N.B. 18-24 June, see www.scytheconnection.com for info. about that and lots more about scything.

tags: energy sustainable green scythe grass