The Scything Handbook
The scythe is an elegant, efficient hand tool which is ideal for mowing long grass and harvesting many types of crop. There is a graceful, rhythmic quality to scything which, once mastered, makes it rewarding to use. Ian Miller teaches you how to scythe from scratch including assembly, perfecting the stroke, honing, peening, uses and aftercare.
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“Years of passion have gone into this elegant, little book.”
— Rory Dusoir, Gardens Illustrated
“… contains all of the information you need to buy, maintain and use a scythe for any grassy area, from a meadow to a lawn.”
— Lea Leendertz, The Daily Telegraph
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Ian Miller came to the scythe by way of two years on a biodynamic farm in Austria, where he was professionally trained in the tool and worked through the original German texts that have shaped European scything for centuries. He holds a degree in Environmental Studies with a focus on agroecology from the University of California, Santa Cruz, and spent several seasons at Seed Savers Exchange in Iowa before turning to his own land.
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