Welcome to another episode of Mowing Meadows where we take a look at two meadows that make it very clear why we use scythes instead of machines. A lot of people say we should be using brushcutters, weedwackers, clearing saws... but they fail to understand the natural environment where we work.

We don't scythe to eliminate plants, we scythe so that they can live.

By showing the different results from using axes, blade hoes and scythes, versus machines, I hope this video can be helpful when making decisions about how to restore and care for these very valuable natural areas that meadows and bogs are.

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Sources:

Evasdotter, L. 2011. Rikkärrsrestaurering med grävmaskin – kan man gräva sig till biologisk mångfald? [Successful restoration of a rich fen.] – Svensk Botanisk Tidskrift 105: 94–98.

Jonsson, O. 2014. Att återskapa rikkärr ; Rapport från kunskapsdagen i Östergötland 17 juni 2014. Länsstyrelsen Östergötland Rapport 2014:29. Photos by Henry Stahre & Dan Nilsson.

Bird'seye Primrose (majviva) Photo by Sebastian Sundberg.
Long stalked yellow sedge (näbbstarr) Photo by Sebastian Sundberg.
Marsh helleborine (kärrknipprot) Photo by Hans Bjuringer.

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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:20 Background
01:51 When we first got here
02:44 How to clear saplings
04:48 Maintainting Lagmansro
05:55 Rare species
07:15 Lunch break with the scything team
07:50 Back to work! And the time we got scolded...
09:00 Why we don't use clearing saws
13:43 The reason for this video


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