Up your lawn-mowing game by adding stripes or even a checkerboard pattern with these tips. Striping, an optical illusion, comes from the color differences of grass blades bending in opposite ...

Knowing how long mowing stripes last (and how to stretch it) can mean the difference between a nice enough front yard and one ...

Mowing our lawns is now a regular maintenance tasks for many homeowners with the warm weather promoting rapid growth of cool-season fescue. Often, mistakes while mowing can turn a potentially ...

You'll get the best results with your lawn by tuning up your mower at the beginning of spring. (Dreamstime/TNS) Lawn mowing is one of those tasks you probably do on autopilot. Get out the mower, make ...

After years of mowing lawns in all kinds of conditions, I’ve learned that proper mowing technique makes all the difference between a mediocre yard and a lawn that makes neighbors stop and stare.

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 ...

A large pristine, lawn mowed in a striped pattern - Phototropic/Getty Images When you think of your outdoor space, you might look for ways to landscape your yard with flowers to increase its aesthetic ...

Maintaining a healthy lawn requires a fair amount of work. But consistently following a few guidelines — for watering, fertilizing, aerating, and mowing — can make the work easier while producing ...

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If you push your mower up and down the garden in the same tramlines every week, you are slowly working against your own lawn.

I must mow my lawn twice a week because the warm spring weather is promoting rapid growth of cool-season fescue. Often, mistakes while mowing can turn a potentially beautiful lawn into an unsightly ...