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["Marie McHarry" <mmcharry AT gmail.com>]

 On Sun, Jun 1, 2008 at 9:17 AM,  <Clansgian AT wmconnect.com> wrote:

> It takes conditioning and effort to mow with a scythe to be sure.  But not
> all that much if it's done with a proper scythe properly sharpened and done 
> with
> anything approaching a reasonable technique.  When I'm teaching someone to
> mow with a scythe, and this has actually happened a number of times, the 
> first
> couple of hours are a constant droning chant of "Put the scythe back on the
> ground, put the scythe back on the ground."

I'm getting a scythe, but for next year as I don't have a functional
left arm at this time.  On 10 acres that's all I'll ever need.

I must say though that my late great-aunt Mabel, who spent most of her
time living in Chicago and was not in the best of shape, could take an
American scythe and mow whatever needed mowing. I watched her do the
lane to my Uncle Johnny's house one day. It looked easy. Had I thought
about it, I'd have asked her to teach me, but I was young and foolish
at the time and figured that such knowledge was infused when you
needed it.

Marie