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Eastern Counties Scything Competition 2011
wildseed01
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Highlights of individual heats at the 4th Eastern counties scything competition held at Wimpole Hall near Cambridge 26th June 2011. (includes spoon carving!)
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Threshing Wheat with a Flail 2010
wildseed01
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Threshing and old wheat variety (Square head masters) with a traditional flail -copy of antique : ash handle, holly beater and steam bent yew swivel joint. Threshed grain ...
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Making a bow cradle fitting for an Austrian scythe
wildseed01
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To mow tall crops such as thatching wheat or water reed with a scythe you need to fit a cradle to hold the straw from falling back over the snath (handle) as you mow. I ha...
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Albanian Scythesman 'Ded' wins UK scything competition
wildseed01
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Albanian scythesman Ded Kalaj was a surprise entrant, and ultimately champion, of the 2011 Eastern counties Scything competition held at Wimpole Hall near Cambridge. As a ...
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mowing a lawn with a scythe
wildseed01
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Mowing a lawn with a scythe uses no petrol, creates no noise or pollution and is good exercise
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Scything Norfolk reed 2010.mpg
wildseed01
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An update to my 2009 video demonstrating that Austrian scythes when fitted with a willow bow are good for cutting small areas of reed in addition to their recent growing po...
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How to sow wild flowers into existing grass
wildseed01
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How to get perennial wild flowers, grasses and yellow rattle seed successfully established within existing vegetation by creating gaps.
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West Country Scythe Festival 2010: part 2 mowing styles
wildseed01
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A collection of short video clips showing a variety of mowing styles collected around the 2010 scythe festival in Somerset.
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Ants on vetch
wildseed01
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Many wild plants are important in the environment because of their special associations with beneficial insects which in turn pollinate or protect crops. This short clip s...
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West Country Scythe Competition 2010: Scythe v Strimmer
wildseed01
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Strimmus Maximus (alias Phil Bartlett) with his petrol Stihl brushcutter returns once again to the west country scythe festival to challenge the resurgent scythes. This ye...
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