at this point in the spring I should probably start thinking about mowing the
grass not less than 20 days ago this entire pasture right behind me was
covered in a couple inches of snow but yeah now at this point I need to start
thinking about mowing
I have a pool behind brush hog that I use to mow large chunks of the pasture
or some of the thicker stuff and I usually use that a couple times a year
out on the pasture but I wanted to try an experiment this year and start trying
to work with a site for those of you who aren't familiar the site is the big long
curved blade that sits on a wooden stick the swing back and forth to cut grass I
think just by watching various homesteader videos in YouTube and
reading about them and a lot of permaculture books I really got inspired
to give it a try this might not work at all so we're gonna see how this
experiment goes I've got to admit I'm a little excited I've always wanted to do
one of those cool unboxing videos let's see what we got here
now I've got to just figure out how to put it all together
there's a lot to learn with sight like I don't even know what 1/2 thing angle is
the hafting angle or the angle the mounting blade in relation to the snap
is extremely important to get right that's the happening
unfortunately before I can start cutting grass I actually need to glue all these
wooden parts in place so that they don't move around on me and fall apart so
that's going to require a passage of time let's do this I'm pretty excited
about this I've been looking forward to using a site for a long time I just hope
I don't make a fool of myself supposed to be a sweeping motion
well grass is definitely coming off
so the good folks at site supply got me this bag and wow man
this does pretty well that blade is wicked sharp like I am terrified of
slitting a jugular or something using the blade of this thing
I just finished spending I don't know about 45 minutes or so out on the
pasture with the scythe just kind of messing around and playing and
practicing so I gotta say my initial review of this bad boy is very very
positive I felt great once I got into a rhythm of going back and forth the using
a whetstone to sharpen was not patented all that was actually the part I was
most worried about but I found that once I got into a rhythm I actually needed a
little bit of a break and so taking the 60 seconds to give it a couple quick
strokes of the whetstone was not bad at all you know the only downside was I
think you noticed maybe at one point in the video this handle had popped out I
must not have done a good job gluing it well yesterday and so that's that's
probably why I didn't stick I've gotta try that again tonight to hopefully get
it more solid and sturdy so very positive review again if you curious
about where I got it it was slice apply just a fair warning this is not an
affiliate situation I did not pay me for doing this I did not get anything for
free I bought everything with my own money but I gotta say I really feel like
they're a great company good people they were so super helpful in the sales
process that I feel like I got to give them a shout out I'll leave a link down
below in the description to look at your own site if you're interested so I'm
gonna continue to use this guy to keep cutting some grass