In 1962, when I was a teenager, my father gave our neighbor, Mr. Gruder, $10 for a reel mower of my very own. The ash handle shone with age and use, and it had a canvas grass catcher. Mr. Gruder had ...

A push mower is any lawn mower that is not propelled by a motor or engine but is pushed by someone on foot. Most push mowers have a power source that turns the blades that do the cutting, but that’s ...

A couple of seasons ago, I researched alternatives to gasoline-powered mowers ("A Kinder Cut," August 10, 2006). That effort ended with my becoming the proud owner of a Scotts Classic reel mower, a ...