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 ...

The eye-catching stripes on a golf course or major league outfield are relatively simple to create on your own patch of grass. For lawns large and small, striping is as simple as mowing with a plan.

You become a Master Lawn Mower, in my mind, when you've learned to "lay down a pattern" other than the traditional back-and-forth or Leave It to Beaver style of the 1950s. You know what a pattern is: ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Cool-season grasses grow quickly in the spring, and waiting too long to make the first cut can stress the lawn unnecessarily, ...

Spring has a way of spotlighting every flaw outside your front door, from patchy grass to tired containers, and those small ...