If you need a new lawn mower this year, consider buying an eco-friendly alternative to those with gasoline-powered engines. More than two-thirds of gardeners are concerned about the environmental ...

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Reel mowers appeal for a number of reasons, including the financial savings (no gas to buy), maintenance-free use (beyond the occasional need to sharpen blades), and cardiovascular exercise they ...

Mowing grass is like cutting hair: similar goals (make it shorter!) with different tools to get the job done. And just as barbers can opt for clippers or scissors, superintendents have a choice of ...

After Finnish toolmaker Fiskars was founded in 1649, nearly four decades would pass before Sir Isaac Newton would publish his Laws of Motion. But the company claims that centuries' worth of physics ...

[Grayson Sigler] rolled out a new version of his robotic mower which he calls TOBY. The previous design added motors to a reel mower but he had trouble with traction. The new design is more of a ...

In 1962, when I was a teenager, my father gave our neighbor, Mr. Gruder, $10 for a reel mower of my very own. The ash handle shone with age and use, and it had a canvas grass catcher. Mr. Gruder had ...

CORVALLIS – Considering the 80 million home lawns in the country, there are a lot of people buying lawn mowers. How you choose between rotary, reel and electric models has to do with your situation ...