Yes, lawnmowers can damage your hearing. Most gas-powered lawnmowers produce between 85 and 95 decibels (dB) of continuous noise. According to Dr. Michael Roizen, MD, exposure to 90 dB or more for eight cumulative hours is enough to cause permanent…
Riding lawn mowers move much faster than walk-behind mowers, so you can finish your lawn in a fraction of the time. But that speed comes with a real tradeoff: it takes only a small lapse in attention to cause a…
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…
We all want a healthy lawn. We mow, fertilize, water, scarify, fork, control weeds, and many other things to make it possible. Unfortunately, with all the efforts, patches develop on the lawn. It’s hard to tell the patches' cause, but…
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…
We all want a beautiful lawn — but most of us don't want to spend half our Saturday maintaining it. I've been mowing my own lawn since I was 15, and over the years I've picked up genuine time-saving habits…
Spring arrives, the grass grows greener, and suddenly your lawn mower — which sat in the shed all winter — decides to act up. I've been maintaining my own garden since I was 15, and in that time I've encountered…
