Grass just keeps on growing doesn’t it? And weeds too. In fact, they probably grow faster! And you’ve tried strimmers and lawnmowers and you just didn’t get on with them. Perhaps (like me) you put them in the wrong gear and burnt all the petrol in about ten minutes. Perhaps you’re not such a dimwit and you’d just prefer not to have all of your senses assaulted in order to cut your grass or deal with that thick patch of nettles.
You can use a scythe anywhere from a London front lawn (yes, you can cut a lawn with a scythe – and cut it short!) to a mountainside and they’re perfect for wild flower meadows because they don’t cut the greenery up into little bits, meaning that you can remove it all and keep the fertility at the right level.
Here’s the story of how I started scything…
