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| The Scything Handbook: Learn How to Cut Grass, Mow Meadows and Harvest Grain by Hand |
--Lia Leendertz, The Daily Telegraph About the Author Ian Miller followed a career in music with a degree in agroecology. He learned how to scythe during an internship on a biodynamic farm in Austria and never looked back. He worked for Seed Savers Exchange in Iowa and now manages a small farm where he grows his own grain for bread-making and makes hay by hand.
A scythe is one of the most elegant and efficient hand tools available. It is ideal for harvesting many types of crops and beats a strimmer hands down in time tests. There is a graceful, rhythmic quality to scything that once mastered can provide the ultimate mind and body workout. In this book, Ian Miller will teach you how to scythe from scratch. You will learn about assembly, perfecting the stroke, keeping the blade sharp, uses and aftercare. A scythe can be used for mowing grass, harvesting grain, and cutting back wildflower meadows without disrupting wildlife. The hay and straw can be used for mulching and composting the garden or for food and bedding for household pets while small grains can used for bread-making and feeding poultry.
The Scything Handbook will delight all gardeners, allotmenteers and smallholders who are tired of their noisy, heavy, fuel-dependent machines and looking for better ways to take care of themselves and their land.
Consumer review about The Scything Handbook: Learn How to Cut Grass, Mow Meadows and Harvest Grain by Hand :
I have so far given a copy to three friends, all whom have said it is the perfect gift. Gives all the information needed for someone keen to master the art but is also a delight to browse through even if you are not going to be scything.(Read more)
The Scything Handbook: Learn How to Cut Grass, Mow Meadows and Harvest Grain by Hand
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