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150 comments on TOD Inbox: From Investment Resource to 'Eco-nitwits' in Under a Year

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Mamba on October 19, 2008 - 11:40am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

You do not qualify as an "econitwit" until you've bought yourself a scythe. Scythes will be essential to cut grass/hay to make compost, which in turn will help grow your food. No more ride-on mowers, Elmer.

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barrett on October 19, 2008 - 2:26pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

I have the model pictured above from scythe supply. Recommend it highly.

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Dryki on October 19, 2008 - 7:46pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

Yup, I have several. Good people at Scythe Supply too. Recommended. Not just for hornweed in the ditch or cutting under the electric fences, but for general meadow grass or in the orchard. In my experience, these scythes are just as quick as lawnmowers (say about 1/2 acre all broken up with plantings) and far faster than a mower when you get into the ditches and puckerbrush. Might be the right tool for Congress too, cut them all off at the ankles.

cfm in Gray, ME

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nelsone on October 20, 2008 - 1:03am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

If you're accumulating scythes, remember to get 1/6 of them in the lefty model.

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gernos on October 19, 2008 - 2:35pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

No. You don´t qualify as an econitwit until you have successfully sharpened a scythe. Any old fool can buy one, but it takes special skill to keep it in good working order.

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cacciato69 on October 19, 2008 - 9:03pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

got 2 community garden, desert ranch 30 miles from nearest town, several engineers, simple living, ecologists and computer geeks among other members ..

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ET on October 20, 2008 - 12:03am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

Hmmmm...looks like the 'Grim Reaper' model;-{)

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FMagyar on October 20, 2008 - 6:16am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

Ah! So the Grim Reaper is just another "econitwit"...

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Richard on October 21, 2008 - 11:22am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

Backbreaking work.

Mental-note-to-self: Cut the lawn before the peak. ;-)

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