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Oooft - check those blades! Last weekend we tried scything at #Bellsquarry Wood community orchard in #Livingston. Scything lets us time cuts, mow selectively, protect wildlife, save money & bring people together. Good to see lots of toads & frogs too! Big thanks to tutor Josef Williams.#Biodiversity

Two people in a grassy orchard beside a painted wooden tool hut, one gesturing while the other holds a wooden scythe handle, demonstrating traditional scything with several scythe blades and tools laid on the grass. Credit Hannah Patterson / WTMLPeople in an orchard cutting tall grass with scythes. Woman in a green jacket in the foreground and others working among fruit trees with red berries under an overcast sky. Credit Hannah Patterson / WTMLA brown, warty toad cradled gently in black work gloves against a person’s dark hoodie, its orange eye and textured skin visible. Credit Hannah Patterson / WTMLYoung orchard with sapling fruit trees in wooden protective cages across a grassy field, a line of taller trees with red fruit in the midground, all under a wide blue sky dotted with a few white clouds. Credit Hannah Patterson / WTML