I just bought a new home after living in an apartment for many years and would like some advice on how to pick a good mower for a mid-sized, low-maintenance bluegrass lawn. — Dan Wallace, Gurnee There ...

The best cut for your yard comes from a sharp lawn mower blade. A dull blade damages your grass by creating a ragged cut, which can lead to bare patches and other eyesores, as well as invite disease.

Once upon a time, all lawn mowers were gas-burning beasts whose pull-start motors relied as much on elbow grease as internal combustion just to get started. These days you have more options. While big ...

For those after the best lawn mower, no matter how lightweight or fast the self-propel feature is on a push mower, they're no match for yards bigger than half an acre. Instead, a riding lawn mower is ...