A well-maintained lawn mower lasts significantly longer, cuts more cleanly, and costs far less to own over time. In my 17 years of maintaining a personal garden and lawn, I've owned and serviced several mowers — petrol push mowers,…
Experts recommend wearing dedicated lawn mowing headphones when operating a lawnmower — but not everyone has a pair on hand, and not everyone wants to spend extra money on specialist gear. So the question I hear constantly from fellow…
Listening to music is one of the ways to make mowing (a boring task) more exciting. If you are one of the people who love enticing your mowing with music and wondering how you can effectively do it, right? The…
No — 7 AM is too early to mow the lawn. The grass is still wet with dew, which leads to uneven cuts, clumping, and fungal risk. More importantly, most neighbors are still asleep or having breakfast, and gas mowers…
If you are like me and don’t like using a rake to collect grass clippings after mowing or are looking to collect the clippings and leaves to make compost for your garden, one of the best ways of collecting the…
The most effective ways to keep your lawn green in summer are to water deeply 2–3 times per week (not shallowly every day), mow no lower than 3 inches, water in the early morning, fertilize with a nitrogen-rich fertilizer, and…
Most homeowners mow their lawns regularly but never think critically about how they're doing it. The height is set once and forgotten. The pattern never changes. The blades are sharpened rarely, if ever. And the timing — mowing in the…
There are four practical ways to get rid of leaves without raking: mulching them with a lawnmower, blowing them into piles with a leaf blower, vacuuming them with a lawn vacuum, and sweeping them with a push or tow-behind lawn…
A riding mower is one of the most satisfying tools in lawn care — once you understand how to use it properly. It's not just a question of sitting down and driving in straight lines. The technique you use, the…
