Have you been mowing your lawn for years, but still feel a little green at it? Lawn mowing, as it turns out, is an artform — and your grass blades can be a tad persnickety, with preferences on when ...

Cutting grass too short, mowing in the middle of the day, and running dull blades all add unnecessary stress when ...

What do you do when you mow the lawn? I like to listen to podcasts and think of new blog ideas. This one has been in my head for a long time. What is the best way to mow the lawn? Should I just go ...

Creating a lush green yard can be a labor of love for many homeowners. For others it is simply labor. Regardless of where you land on that continuum, mowing your grass properly to get it looking its ...

Every homeowner dreams of a lush and thick lawn. If you're lucky enough to have healthy turfgrass, you probably spend a lot of time keeping it manicured. When you need to trim a lawn full of tall ...

You become a Master Lawn Mower, in my mind, when you've learned to "lay down a pattern" other than the traditional back-and-forth or Leave It to Beaver style of the 1950s. You know what a pattern is: ...

Emily Long is a freelance writer based in Salt Lake City. After graduating from Duke University, she spent several years reporting on the federal workforce for Government Executive, a publication of ...

You can’t help but smile at the sight of the tufty green cover. “Lawnscapes: Mowing Patterns To Make Your Yard a Work of Art” by David Parfitt (Quirk, 2007, $14.95) is a neat little 79-page book that ...

How you mow the grass can determine whether you end up with a thick green lawn or a half-dead one. Look for these signs that ...