Starting the Harvest

Egon · Oct 20, 2003

Starting the harvest. Cutting Rye in a very traditional manner.

Egon

Docsknotinn · Oct 20, 2003

Yikes ! that does not look like fun. Get out the mower and then go salmon fishing with the spare time /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif Dave

hwp · Oct 20, 2003

I wonder how many of us know how to properly use a scythe. My father tried to teach me how to do but I never got the hang of it. It seems to me that a big part of the battle is keeping the blade sharp. Keep up the good work. /forums/images/graemlins/ooo.gif

Slamfire · Oct 20, 2003

Get a gas powered hedge clipper. Put a tray on the backside of the blade to catch the cuttings. Mow it just below the seed heads. That scythe will make your back hurt, twice!

Egon · Oct 20, 2003

Ahhh --- the cardiovascular system said thanks.

Egon

Junkman · Oct 20, 2003

People still do thing like this in 2003????? At least put some orange paint on the handle!!!!!! OK...... Green if you prefer.... /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Egon · Oct 21, 2003

Well the shirt was faded green!!!

Egon

wasabi · Oct 21, 2003

Glad to see you upholding both tradition and your health. Keep up the good work, Egon. Inspire whilst perspire. Best,

Sabi

Chuck52 · Oct 21, 2003

Malt that grain! Rye whiskey, rye whiskey, rye whiskey I cry!
If I don't get rye whiskey I surely will die!

Chuck

Egon · Oct 21, 2003

It takes about an hour and then the endorphines kick in and it gets very hard to stop.

Egon

Docsknotinn · Oct 21, 2003

Any grouse lurking in that field ? /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif Dave

Egon · Oct 21, 2003

There's a few around. There is a bear too.

Egon

Docsknotinn · Oct 21, 2003

I have several bears on my property, One is getting sooo big he is makeing me nervous. Stands taller than a whitetail on all fours. This old boar must be well over 400#. He thinks he owns the place. I am going to get out and chace Mr Grouse over Halloween week end. Dave

Hoosier_Daddy · Oct 21, 2003

EGON,

I am impressed. Is that really you?

I always found the equipment lasted longer than me.

So, how much rye did you cut?

Tom

Egon · Oct 22, 2003

Tom:

That's me. All 5 foot six inches of worn out old skin bag encasing 155 pounds of fat and a few few weary, feeble muscles connecting some worn out bones.

I cut about two acres. With the sharp scythe its rather enjoyable. Took me around four hours.

Unfortunetly rain and weak stalks made raking it properly almost impossible so it all got tilled under for a new crop next spring.

Egon

PineRidge · Oct 22, 2003

Egon get a good sycle bar hooked up to a compact tractor. Then with the time that you save take a day off and go fisnin' /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

Mike

Egon · Oct 22, 2003

PineRidge:

Being poverty stricken that would require a real job to buy the mower which in turn would need a bigger tractor which would lead to more acerage which would then require a combine and then have to get a bin to put the produce in and a truck for transporting the produce and may as well forget fishing and go into full time farming to lose more money.

This way as soon as I get tired it's down to the lake, 100 yards away and a cool one or go fishing.

Egon