International Scythe Peening Day April 2014

Clean before you peen! This annual spring Peening day is a prompt for SABI members to renew their relationship with their scythes and mowing.  Peening is a mysterious and elusive art, and can lead to some fairly obsessive and compulsive behaviour! To celebrate this and promote peening day I have put together a 53 second promotional video. Read more about International Scythe Peening Day April 2014[…]

East and west country reed cutting by scythe – Winter 2014

West country commercial reed harvesting with a scythe.  by Chris Riley In January 2014 I was contracted to harvest reed from the bank of the river Exe near Topsham Lock, south of Exeter. The intended use of the reed on a thatched roof meant that as much as possible of the material had to be gathered safely Read more about East and west country reed cutting by scythe – Winter 2014[…]