Gardening and Landscaping Stack Exchange
Gardening and Landscaping Stack Exchange

Questions tagged [lawn-mower]

For questions about lawn mower use in gardening.

Lawn mowers are tools for cutting lawn grass. Traditionally these were mechanical and operated by human power, but most modern lawn mowers are electric powered or gasoline/petrol powered. They range in size form small push mowers all the way up to agricultural-sized tractor-towed implements

86 questions
8
votes
2 answers

How to best/safely store my lawn mower outdoor without garage or shed?

Currently, I park my lawn mower (gas) outside in the backyard and cover it with a heavy duty tarp so it keeps rain from reaching the unit. I don't have a garage or a shed, I wonder if there is a better way to (relatively) safely and effectively…
KubiK888
  • 335
  • 2
  • 4
  • 9
8
votes
4 answers

What is the best mowing direction on a hill?

I use a riding mower to cut my grass. My yard has a short but somewhat steep slope on one side. The instructions for my lawn tractor say to only cut up or down a hill, not across it, but doesn't explain why. The mower can make it up the hill but…
Hank
  • 451
  • 4
  • 7
7
votes
1 answer

Identify a doughnut-shaped free-spinning mower part

I serviced my mower this morning and gave it a clean with a hose with a moderate level of water pressure. It appears that I have blown a part off the lawn mower though I am not sure how. I can't figure out where the part came from and am hoping…
radman
  • 173
  • 4
7
votes
2 answers

A mower that's also capable of pushing snow

This is a follow up to my question purely about lawn mowers. We are short of space so having a lawn mower in addition to a snowblower is going to be a chore. Is there a two-in-one device that has both attachments?
Raj More
  • 313
  • 1
  • 2
  • 7
7
votes
7 answers

Which way to put lawnmower on side?

When cleaning my lawnmower I have to put it on its side so that I can clean its underside. However, I keep on reading that you can only put it on one side, not the other, otherwise oil and/or gasoline leaks into other components. I have a PowerPlus…
Tahir Hassan
  • 285
  • 1
  • 2
  • 6
6
votes
1 answer

Can I replace my lawn mower's blade with any brand blade?

I have a Murray lawn mower (Model 20223X12A). The Tecumseh engine model number is TVS 90 4354K. I measured the blade diagonally and it is about 19.5 inches long. It is just a regular blade. I wanted to know if I can install any type blade or brand…
Rick
  • 173
  • 1
  • 5
6
votes
3 answers

Lawn care: bagging vs mulching the grass clippings?

I'm sure this is an age-old question, but should I bag or mulch my acre of hilly odd shaped lawn? I hate the look of clippings on my lawn (and then brown clippings when they dry out). I hate the extra work of carefully navigating my property so as…
Marinaio
  • 447
  • 2
  • 8
6
votes
1 answer

How should a reel mower be cleaned after mowing?

So I finally said screw it to my old gas mower, and decided I wanted to skip gas altogether (I hate small engines with a passion, my mower was the only gas yard tool I had left), so I picked up a discounted-end-of-season reel mower. I suppose I…
Sidney
  • 739
  • 4
  • 11
  • 15
5
votes
3 answers

What is the optimal cutting height for a reel mower?

What I think I know I understand that the recommendations for lawn cutting height are based on rotary mowers, and because of a combination of their design and the way they hack & tear at the grass that it was supposed to be cut to around 3 inches…
anthonyryan1
  • 151
  • 1
  • 2
5
votes
3 answers

Is this normal for a push reel mower?

I have this mower. It worked great last year, but this year it's left my lawn looking like the photos in this album. Believe it or not, I mowed that grass yesterday (not even 24 hours ago). It is definitely cutting, and cutting a lot (most of the…
Mike Pateras
  • 151
  • 1
  • 1
  • 3
5
votes
2 answers

How do you mark lawn sprinkler heads?

How do you mark lawn sprinkler heads so that you don't hit them and break them with your mower when you're mowing?
Guy
  • 2,956
  • 6
  • 29
  • 35
5
votes
1 answer

Is it OK to use a trimmer when my reel mower does not work?

I recently bought a house and have this 250 sqft backyard with really tall grass (about 7 inches). I found an 18" push reel mower and an electric trimmer (weedeater) thing in the garage. The reel mower is not able to cut anything, I guess, since the…
Vishal Seth
  • 153
  • 5
5
votes
1 answer

Is there a type of garden shredder that can handle leaves, branches and wet materials?

Is there any type of all-purpose and durable shredder that can shred leaves and a few small branches, and some wetter materials like vegetable waste? I'm not looking for a brand name, just to find out if one shredder can take care of all my needs.…
y chung
  • 789
  • 1
  • 6
  • 16
5
votes
1 answer

Best way to turn a riding mower with chute into a mulcher?

When it comes to using mowers as a mulcher, the only solution I've commonly seen is a mulching plug. It's just a spring-loaded cover that sits flush with your deck, pretty standard I do believe. Recently, I used a push mower that had another kind…
hack3rfx
  • 267
  • 2
  • 5
5
votes
7 answers

Do people powered rotary lawn mowers exist?

I'm looking for a lawn mower to use on an allotment, where there is poor security and no source of mains power. Additionally, the group is trying to reduce it's carbon footprint so would prefer not to use machinery powered by fossil fuels. This…
Nic
  • 1,043
  • 5
  • 18
1
2
3 4 5 6