> I want to buy a scythe. To cut a very small lawn with. Who sells a > decent, but reasonably-priced one? Smith & Hawken and A.M. Leonard sell a scythe with a straight snath (lightweight, strong & easy to use) and a grass & grain blade that is thin, long and can easily be sharpened razor-sharp. This tool is perfect for cutting lawns. It _can_ remove weeds/grass right down to the sod. It's fairly easy to maintain the proper stance and swinging motion to cut your grass to a consistant height and in regular arcs that blend together evenly. A wonderful tool, indespensible for the rural dweller and suburban gardener alike. london@sunSITE.unc.edu - Agricultural Hand Tool Sources Request a catalog from: Johnny's Selected Seeds Foss Hill Road Albion, Maine, 04910 Customer service: 1-207-437-4301 They supply EARTHWAY and PLANET, Jr. seeders and will, on request give you information on suppliers of other seeders (i.e. a small hand-carried corn/bean seeder. You may want to hybridyze the EW and the P, Jr. when planting small seeds in rough terrain. An organic vegetable grower North Carolina has successfully done this. Also: >Whole Earth "Ecolog" mentioned five tool suppliers for farm and garden >supplies; my hunch would be try Lehman's Hardware and Appliances, >their catalog is $2.00 from PO Box 41, 4779 Kidron Rd., Kidron OH 44636; >or Cumberland's, catalog $3.00 from rt. 3 box 81, Crossville TN 38555, and >they have a telephone: 615-484-8481. Also: A.M. Leonard 241 Fox Drive P.O. Box 816 Piqua, Ohio, 45356 1-800-543-8955 1-800-433-0633 fax Mostly tree maintenance and nursery equipment, plus miscellaneous excellent gardening/landscaping tools/supplies eye hoes, scythes Mellingers Ohio similar to Leonard Forestry Suppliers, Inc. P.O. Box 8397 205 West Rankin St. Jackson, Mississippi, 39204 "Quality Forestry, Engineering and Environmental Equipment, Shipped Worldwide" tools, equipment and supplies for the forestry industry Langenbach "A Collection of the World's Finest Hand Tools" P.O. Box 453 Blairstown, N.J., 07825 Toll Free: 1-800-362-1991 English-made high quality spades, spade forks, forks and much else Excellent! Smith and Hawken "Tools of the Trade - A Complete Source For the Organic Gardener" Orders: 2 Arbor Lane, Box 6900 Florence, Kentucky, 41022-6900 1-800-776-3336 General info: 25 Corte Madera Mill Valley, California, 94941 1-415-383-2000 Also excellent! you may need to ask them what tools they have for sale that are not listed in their catalogue, held-over stock offered in out-of-date ones - i.e. the 4"X7" Japanese field hoe (grub-type eye hoe using 1 3/4" X 54" handle) they used to offer, an indispensible tool! The Cook's Garden "Seeds and Supplies for the New American Kitchen Garden" P.O. Box, 535 Londonderry, Vermont, 05148 Offers the Korean "HO-MI" hand cultivator (curved trowel/cultivator), well-designed and effective Necessary Trading Co. One Nature's Way New Castle, Virginia, 24127-0305 FAX - 703/864-5186 Phone: 1-703-864-5103 "Natural Solutions for Farm, Home and Garden" Wide range of supplies, books, fertilizers, tools and equipment - catalogue headings include: books, composting equipment & supplies, soil testing equipment & supplies, cover crop seeds, fertilizers (their largest offering), pest management supplies and equipment, wild bird supplies, animal care supplies and miscellaneous hand tools. A major supplier, along with Zook & Ranck and Fertrell, for organic farmers and market growers in the Eastern U.S. Also: HARMONY FARM SUPPLY [CAT - $2 deduct. from] P.O. Box 451 [first order] Graton, CA 95444 PEACEFUL VALLEY FARM SUPPLY [CAT - $2 deduct. from] P.O. Box 2209 [first order] Grass Valley, CA 95945 You might also call the folks at ATTRA (Appropriate Technology for Rural Areas) at 1-800-346-9140. This free information service funded by the USDA might have some other names & addresses for you.