Long handled sickle with a bend

I use Scythe very heavily for cutting weeds and cover crops. At tight spaces Scythe can not be used since it needs more space for swinging. Also when the grass is very thin, especially in walk ways, Scythe is not a good option. Either I should use brush cutter or some sickle. With small handled sickle cutting is very tedious since we have to bend a lot. So thought of making a long handled sickle with a bend so that it remains horizontal to the ground, similar to Scythe. Even though I have to bend, but it should not be much. 

The blade became very thin, so if it hits the ground, it will bend. Also it is heavy, so using it for long time with one hand becomes difficult. The connection from the wooden handle to the cutting blade is very thick, hence it became more heavy, have to further tune it. But it is going to be one of the tool which I will be using more often.

Feb-2023

Wanted to make it a bit more thin, hence replaced the iron bar connecting handle and cutting edge with a more light one. Originally it was 375gms and after this change it became 305gms. Also the pointed edge was removed since it was hitting the ground often. Now it is quite OK, except that the handle is not very comfortable and also since the blade is very thin, it bends some times. Still it is a quite useful tool

Turmeric Patch 2 - Harvest and getting ready for next cultivation

After harvesting Patch2, cut grasses were used for mulching. Also road side grass also was cut and leaves gathered from road also used for mulching.

Turmeric Patch 1 - Harvest and getting ready for next cultivation

Turmeric Patch 1 was harvested, this time it was very minimal yield, mainly because last year sowing was done along with harvest and in many places, seeds didn't come up. Also after some time, weeds took over and no manuring was done.

This year, after harvest decided to keep the area heavily mulched and one round of fodder grass was used for this purpose. Also wanted to see how the deep mulched area becomes at the start of the seeding.

Also had bought some Mucuna Puriens (Black velvet beans) seeds from amazon and sown this in the channel between the beds, had watered this area using the irrigation water from dams.

Feb-2023