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Is Your Grass Tall Enough To Scythe? -- The Answer May Surprise You!
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- čas přidán 3. 09. 2023
- A question we often get is "Is my grass tall enough to cut with a scythe?" The answer is simple.
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As a person who is preparing to use a scythe for the first time, I'm finding these videos to be incredibly useful. Thank you!
Best wishes from Vermont 🍁
I lost your comment so am answering here sorry, I found the socket wedges on Ebay 15 years ago, they are amazing to use but very rare in the wild. Interestingly they are laminated wrought iron with a steel edge much like an older axe and tempered rather hard really. I think they might be German as Ive seen old german videos of axe felling high in the mountains they use a similar wedge to drive in and fell the trees with.
I think a fellow could take a normal steel wedge and weld a piece of steel pipe to the struck end making a similar socket like wedge tool pretty easily. I have not tried it though.
Have you ever tried scything without raking? Is there a way to make it not a mess and hassle the next time? Ive always raked since the few times I didnt it was not fun with the twisted up thatch left over but Ive heard some claims you can scythe without mowing to "build soil" by letting the cut stuff compost in place. Just curious if youve ever tried this thanks.
Only if the grass is kept short, I'm afraid! If the grass is tall enough to use a fork on when cut, it's going to lead to thatch. We did have Japanese beetle grubs destroy a patch of the lawn, and I raked the mown material over it like a comb-over, and it did an excellent job of assisting its recovery. It's about 80% healed over the course of the season as a result. If mowing short stuff with patchy bits springing up, I mow the tallest material and just let it lie because the quantity is insufficient to develop thatch. Tall grass will result in large windrows that will smother the living grass beneath it and cause all sorts of problems when you return to mow the space next.