Last year was the year I had both of my knees replaced (one in May and the other in November) and it was a year where I was very limited physically. For those of you who have seen some of the articles in this blog, you will realise that I have about an acre of land that I manage with a scythe. In between my two knee operations, I tried to do some scything, but it wasn't really … [Read more...] about A Community Mow
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On my knees
I've known that I've had arthritis in my knees for a long time, about thirty years. This year, my knees finally caught up with me and I've already had one total knee replacement and am due to have the next one in a few days time. In the past few months, I've met so many people who have had knee replacements that it's very clear that this is quite a common thing. However, I … [Read more...] about On my knees
The importance of a good hay rake
As you may know from some of my recent posts (especially "Rows and rows of windrows" last year), I cut the grass in a large part of my garden using a scythe. Why, you might ask? There are many good reasons including effectiveness, exercise, no pollution, no noise and low expense. One extremely important thing that goes along with my scythe is a good hay rake. I didn't know … [Read more...] about The importance of a good hay rake
My friend the pheasant
The year has been the year of the pheasant in my garden. Almost every day, my friend the pheasant is somewhere around and I'm really surprised that he's not afraid of being quite close to me as I do my work. Obviously, he understands that I'm not a threat and just continues on with his search for food. The following four photos are the best shots I've been able to take of him. … [Read more...] about My friend the pheasant
More veggies than I can chew?
I've been busy in the garden lately. Real busy. So much of my spare time (which is quite limited) is now being taken up with the garden. Of course, it's a problem all of my own making yet, I have to admit, I enjoy it a lot (most of the time). My last post was on April 10th (where has all that time gone?) and was called "Things are growing". In that post there was a … [Read more...] about More veggies than I can chew?