Our garden is mostly gravel, but grass can still grown in gravel, so it does. With all the rain, the grass in the section of the yard furthest from the house was getting out of control. So, I took out the scythe. I had worried that it would be heavy, but it wasn't at all. However, it was pretty dull. So, today, I took out the sharpening stone that came with our chisel set and sharpened it up. After that, it was super easy to cut the grass. However, I need to get a sickle, as the scythe is good for big areas, not the border by other plants. I do actually have a sickle, but it is serrated and doesn't do the job I want it to do.