Editor’s Note—September 2026: We’ve tested a few new mowers this year, including the John Deere 370RS and Toro Titan Max MyRide. We’ve updated this guide to verify all of our selections and to ...

Riding lawn mowers vary quite a bit from model to model. There are small rear-engine mowers for yards up to an acre and lawn tractors and zero-turn lawn mowers that will make quick work of larger jobs ...

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Your cool-season grass is kept healthy and strong by fall lawn care as the temperatures drop and winter gets closer. A ...

Your lawn mower is one of the hardest-working tools you own, yet it’s often the most neglected. Skipping key checks might save you an hour today, but poor maintenance dramatically shortens your ...

Not all mower blades are cut from the same cloth. Before you tackle that unruly patch of land, find out what you need to know to avoid a mowing mishap.

Robot lawn mowers are no longer the clunky, complicated devices they once were. Does that mean you are likely to see robots roaming around lawns as you drive around? Probably not. However, that could ...

Lawn is a curious thing, and the modern concept as we know it developed in such a broad and distributed way that covering its history here would be an article in itself. Regardless, it’s a part of ...

Making that first cut of the year with your mower is crucial to getting your lawn off on the right foot. Mow to the wrong height, with dull blades or in poor soil conditions and you can stunt your ...