Category Archives: grass

Open mowing day in Cumbria

Posted on June 3, 2012 by

On saturday 9th june we’ll be at Sprint Mill near Kendal mowing one of the meadows which is due to be used for car parking during an event there at the end of the month. Rather than spoil the grass, Edward … Continue reading →

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Meadow raking in Austria

Posted on March 19, 2012 by

I’m on holiday this week in Austria and, with spring well on the way over here, Christiane and I spent a few hours together raking the meadow she mows. This is public land by the apartments where Christiane lives and … Continue reading →

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Scything with Susan

Posted on March 7, 2012 by

Last summer my friend Susan came on one of my ‘Learn to Mow’ courses. A few days later I went over to her house to help her mow the grass on her own land. This gave me the opportunity to … Continue reading →

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Garden and veg patch mowing

Posted on August 13, 2011 by

A week full of mowing this week and all the better for it being different interesting conditions. Yesterday I mowed a garden which I’d previously mown with my scythe at the beginning of July. The grass had just grown back … Continue reading →

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Dawn mowing at Brantwood

Posted on July 23, 2011 by

Sally Beamish, Estate Manager at Brantwood, the former home of John Ruskin and perhaps the most idyllic house in the Lake District,  invited the north-west scything group to a dawn mow of a lakeside haymeadow which is at present cut … Continue reading →

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Cumbria Scythe Weekend – Team Mowing

Posted on July 5, 2011 by

The Sunday of our Cumbria Scythe Weekend was a group mowing day for members of the ‘North West Mowing Group’. This is mostly folk who met when I was teaching at the Scythe Festival in Elterwater last July. We meet … Continue reading →

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Cumbria Scythe Weekend

Posted on July 4, 2011 by

What a weekend! Under glorious blue skies I spent two fantastic days of mowing at Sprint Mill near Kendal. On Saturday I ran the second of my ‘Mowing with an Austrian Scythe’ courses for a group of 6 students. This … Continue reading →

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Mowing course in Austria

Posted on May 30, 2011 by

Time is flying; a week ago I held my first scythe mowing course of the year. Back in 2009 I saw a beautiful orchard, full of daisies and other flowers on the front page of the “Schloß Puchberg’s” catalogue of workshops … Continue reading →

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Mowing for the first time

Posted on May 15, 2011 by

Mothersday in Austria – a weekend where I don’t need to do anything because the kids are doing the cooking, washing up and all. So what is better than to have all the time you want for what you enjoy … Continue reading →

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First Grass of the Year

Posted on May 9, 2011 by

Following the long winter break, mowing the first grass of the year is always special. This year it was for a demonstration at the Greenwood Worker’s ‘Bodger’s Ball’. I always feel a little bit nervous after being away from mowing … Continue reading →

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