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Hay Making 2014 – Mackerel Sky
“Mackerel Sky, Mackerel Sky, Never long wet, Never long dry. The weather is changing so it is time to bring in the last of the hay that is ready…. Bringing in the last of the hay at 8pm this evening
Things We Do With a Scythe 5 – mowing a Labyrinth
I mowed a Labyrinth into the Top Field for a Summer Solstice celebration we held at the Trust on 22nd June. Using our trimming scythe and a Profisense 50cm blade I mowed a narrow path through the wild flowers based
Hay Making 2014
With this lovely period of settled weather, we cut the first hay of the season on Tuesday 17th June. Phil and I rowing up the hay together in the late evening Our usual pattern is to cut relatively small areas
Things We Do With a Scythe 4 – Hay Making!
A list of things we do with a scythe wouldn’t be complete without hay making. Here is Phil mowing in the Top Field with an 85cm Profisense. Mowing in a hay meadow is a great opportunity to stretch out and
Dealing with damage to the blade edge 2
Quite a while back I posted about some damage sustained by a Styria 65cm blade here and here. I wrote the following a couple of weeks later when Phil peened and repaired it. It has sat unpublished ever since, waiting
Scything on Radio 4
Phil got back from the West Country Scythe Festival on Monday, and had a great time. “Farming Today” were there recording for Radio 4 on the day of the festival it’s self. If you missed the original broadcast on Tuesday
Extra Introductory Scythe Course Date
Due to the popularity of our Introductory Scythe Courses this year, we have decided to add an extra date. We will now be running a course on Sunday 10th August in addition to the courses on Wednesday 9th July and
Things We Do With a Scythe 3 – trimming banks and hedges
I used a Styria 65cm blade on our trimming snath to trim the vegetation on a bank in a neighbour’s garden recently. Before… I was walking by on my way to do another job in their garden and saw that
Yarn From Our Sheep For Sale
We have a beautiful flock of Shetland and Hebridean sheep which graze on the land of the Dyfed Permaculture Farm Trust and form an integral part of the land management. We aim to manage our sheep as naturally as possible,