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If you only have a small meadow, use a strimmer (wearing protective clothing, such as goggles, ear protectors, stout boots and gloves) or a scythe.
Larger areas can be cut with a power scythe, aiming to leave grass no taller than about 1cm (1/3 in).
In the spring, use a scythe or string-line trimmer to cut the crop cover to a manageable level. Rake the cover crop to the side of the area to be planted and save. Use a lawn mower to completely trim to the ground.
Three or four times during the growing season, mow the bed with a weed and grass trimmer or hand scythe to a height of 6 inches—always before the weeds set seed. That way, you cut the weeds but spare the seedlings.
The advantages of the drill over the broadcast system are numerous and decisive, as it enables the farmer to grow corn without weeds, is sooner ready for stacking after the scythe or sickle, produces a cleaner and more regular sample for the market, ...
1. Just after harvest, cut off all the leaves with a scythe, sickle, or lawnmower set high enough not to hit the crowns.
Stihl offers five interchangeable cutting attachments, including a power scythe, pole pruner and three hedge trimmers. Maruyama markets three split-boom models with nine available attachments.
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treasured plants. If a cultivator is to be used in the garden then beds or borders
should be made compatible with axle or tool bar widths. If a machine might be ...
It required special skills and physical strength to use these machines. It would have been a hard work to cut the extensive areas of grass with a scythe, trim the edges and gather the leaves with these simple old tools.
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