Great video of Beth Pearsall using a scythe in the same Country Life story;

"Unlike modern-day mowers and weedeaters, it has no numbing vibrations or sputtering fumes and almost helps her meditate as she swings it over the weeds, she told Country Life."

#SallyRound, 2025

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/country/571529/country-life-could-old-school-tools-change-how-we-garden

#AppropriateTechnology #scythe#BethPearsall

Tried to sharpen my scythe blade. Only managed to make it worse. Again. I understand what is supposed to happen and I know how to use a hammer. The peening jig was supposed to make this “easy.”

I’m out of pre-sharpened blades I can use until they stop holding an edge. Going to the knife sharpening event at the hardware store isn’t how this works.

I’ve been looking for an in person workshop but none of the ones I’ve found are in the US. #gardening #mowing #scythe