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 ...

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

Details matter when making stripes. Allow plenty of space near the edge of the lawn to make a clean turn to start the next ...

It is a cross between Etch A Sketch and textile design, maybe with a dash of pop art for good measure. In a sense, it's a landscape painting on an enormous canvas — with one major exception. "You only ...

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 ...

The regular reader knows I am a lawn-mowing fool. Show me a lawn, and in my mind I automatically map out ways I would mow it so the yard would look suitable, or more so, for a magazine cover. OK, it's ...

Have you been mowing your lawn for years, but still feel a little green at it? Lawn mowing, as it turns out, is an artform — and your grass blades can be a tad persnickety, with preferences on when ...

The solution to this problem was altering mowing patterns to spread the traffic over a larger area. Two different mowing lines were created between the fairway and approach. They were spaced a ...

Mowing may be time consuming but is a critical part of maintaining a vigorous lawn. Healthy, well-managed grass not only looks better, but is more resilient to drought and other stresses. Proper ...