Scything

Picture courtesy of Penny

I experimented with the scythe this morning, a beautiful sunny day.  It wasn't as scary as I'd thought, but hard on the tummy muscles.  You need a sort of downward chopping motion, at least on the grass as it is at the moment which is long, dry and slippery.  I tried it on a patch of grass in the middle of the road by the meadow and the result is not exactly professional.  It looks like a head of hair cut by a 3 year old.

Ann's rabbit appreciated the hay (from which I'd removed the Ragwort).