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The scything handbook
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- Book Synopsis
- A scythe is one of the most elegant and efficient hand tools available. It is ideal for harvesting many types of crops and is quieter and pleasanter to use than a strimmer. There is a graceful, rhythmic quality to scything that once mastered can provide the ultimate mind and body workout. In this book, Ian Miller teaches you how to scythe from scratch including assembly, perfecting the stroke, honing, peening, uses and aftercare. A scythe can be used for mowing the lawn, harvesting small grain, and cutting back wildflower meadows without disrupting wildlife. The hay and straw can be used in the garden for mulching and composting or for food and bedding for household pets while small grains can used for making bread 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.
- About The Author
- Ian Miller followed a career in music with a degree in agroecology from UC Santa Cruz. During an internship on a biodynamic farm in Austria he learned how to scythe. He worked for Seed Savers Exchange in Iowa and now manages a small farm where he grows his own grain for breadmaking and makes his own hay by hand.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9780993389245
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- Filbert Press, (01 October 2018)
- Number of Pages
- 143
- Weight
- 458 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 205 x 150 x 20 mm
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