Learn how to use a scythe on your property for haying, harvesting, and more – while enjoying an invigorating method to farming that scythe use brings. Forms of the scythe have been in use since at ...

Scything, the traditional method of cutting vegetation using a shaped razor-sharp blade on a long handle, is undergoing something of a revival in Oxfordshire. Wielding a scythe has a magical quality: ...

Major events such as The Green Scythe Fair at Muchelney in Somerset are immensely popular with contestants of both sexes and all ages Credit: Photo: Christopher Jones/The Telegraph One shirtless man ...

The long paper-wrapped parcel that arrived in the post was quickly dubbed the Nimbus 2000. Inside wasn’t a magical flying machine but a pretty special mowing one. At the end of this no-mow summer ...

Put your strimmer out to pasture and pick up a scythe – they are quieter, safer and have even become a social pastime. Scything is making a comeback. I had a lesson last night from Richard Brown of ...

I recently bought my husband a scythe. Oh, how we’d have chortled about it back in the day, and yet already it feels like the most magical of garden tools, a secret weapon against the long, coarse ...

ORGANIC FARMER Denis Shannon of is a man at the cutting edge - the Mayglass grower has won a bronze medal at the West Country Scythe Championships in Somerset. The competition drew entrants from all ...