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Cutting grass in southern Tasmania. Gahnia grandis originated in southern Australia. About 40 species are found in Australia, Asia, and the Pacific Islands. [6] The species is found particularly in Western Australia, Queensland, New South Wales, Tasmania, and Victoria, [7] where it is native to areas such as the Gippsland plain, Wilsons Promontory, and Highlands-Southern Fall bioregions.
The products of vegetable carving are generally flowers or birds; however, the only limit is one's imagination. The techniques of vegetable carving vary from person to person, as does the final result. Some carvings present more artistic detail, while others have simple, yet beautiful shapes. Vegetable carving is generally used as a garnish ...
Leersia oryzoides is a species of grass known by the common name rice cutgrass[1] or just cut-grass. [2] It is a widespread grass native to Europe, Asia, and North America and present in many other regions, such as Australia, as an introduced species. This is a rhizomatous perennial grass growing to a maximum height between 1 and 1.5 meters.
Leersia hexandra is a species of grass known by the common names southern cutgrass, clubhead cutgrass, and swamp rice grass. [3] It has a pantropical distribution. [ 4 ] It is also an introduced species in many regions, sometimes becoming invasive , and it is an agricultural weed of various crops, [ 3 ] especially rice . [ 5 ]
Cutting grass at that height requires strength and a special technique. The competition involves mowing the grass manually with a scythe, and is judged by time, effort and amount of grass mowed. The three best mowers are recognized, and the main mower ( kosbaša , kolibaša ) is treated as a leader who ensures the successful mowing of all ...
Zizaniopsis miliacea is a species of flowering plant in the grass family, Poaceae. [2] It is known by the common names giant cutgrass, water millet, and southern wildrice.The name giant cutgrass refers to the plant's large, rough-edged leaves, and the name southern wildrice refers to its resemblance to wildrice (Zizania spp.). [3]
Snath or snaith. Grips. A scythe (/ saɪð / SYDHE) is an agricultural hand tool for mowing grass or harvesting crops. It is historically used to cut down or reap edible grains, before the process of threshing. The scythe has been largely replaced by horse -drawn and then tractor machinery, but is still used in some areas of Europe and Asia.
A sickle, bagging hook, reaping-hook or grasshook is a single-handed agricultural tool designed with variously curved blades and typically used for harvesting or reaping grain crops, or cutting succulent forage chiefly for feeding livestock. Falx was a synonym, but was later used to mean any of a number of tools that had a curved blade that was ...