Many hands make light work. We had 18 willing and keen volunteers scything the orchard today. It took just 2.5 hours to scythe around the 45 trees in the orchard. We use traditional wooden Austrian scythes as they are the best way to negotiate around the trees and slice through the over knee high meadow grass. We found some mouse nests, frogs, toads but no hidden treasure.
We'd like to thank our friends from the Earth Trust who enjoy scything our orchard each summer and teaching us the skills required.
