How to Make Hay with a Scythe

www.OneScytheRevolution.com - I kept the mowing segments very short, since there are other videos on that. I focused more on the tedding and turning of the hay, to give a real-time sense of the amount of work involved with that aspect of haying.
The timing didn't work out, to show how to set up the pyramid haystack frame. Hopefully next summer. In the meantime for more info on haystacks see my blog at http://www.onescytherevolution.com/1/post/2010/02/haystacks.html

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• mowing
• hay
• sensen
• heu
• organic
• small-scale
• farming
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[Twisted86]

Where do you even find a scythe now a days? Id love to do this but finding a sickle is almost impossible let alone a full blown scythe :(

[Scythesman8]

@Twisted86 To get a scythe like the one that I am using, you have to mail-order it from someone like me. I sell them at One Scythe Revolution

[tritolo18ok]

Complimenti!! mi hai fatto rivivere i miei migliori anni,

ho fatto la stessa cosa per 30 anni.... 30 anni fa..... grazie di cuore..

[Scythesman8]

@tritolo18ok Gracie! Translation- "Compliments!! you have made me relive my best years,

I have made the same thing. for 30 years.... 30 years ago..... thanks of heart.."



[privateguy42]

Howdy Botan, great video, very helpful. Could you put up somewhere the picture of your pyramid frame before you start stacking up the hay? That would be great thanks.

best,

[Scythesman8]

@privateguy42 Go to my blog at One Scythe Revolution website, and look up Haystacks. I've got many photos there.

[reaper83001]

I WANT A SCYTH

[ThePolysyllabist]

Supremely useful, perfectly assembled video

[idoitmovie]

i think i'll stick with my Discbine

[pitbullman77]

Thanks. I will do this on the small pice of land I farm on my Friends land !

[garrymurray1]

I used to do this with my father when I was about 10 years old. Those were the days of bloodshot eyes and running noses (terrible hay fever) and very little sympathy. Hard days work.

[blueeyesseto]

this is good as long as your not doing 300-400 acres worth then you want tractors and utes to do the work

[Scythesman8]

@michealomainin Yes, and they even cover them with little tarps on top.