A fully cut and raked site In early October we spent a few hours scything the 'wild' patch at Forest Side, as part of our long-term plans to make the area nicer to look at, while keeping it as a little biodiversity haven. In total it took only 12 scything hours (divided between 4 people) to do whole patch! We also had several people helping with raking the clippings. Scything is an exciting new tool for us, after six of us have done a scything course (run by the wonderful Nic