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 ...

Periodic adjustments and blade sharpening can keep a reel mower operating smoothly year after year. Step 1: A properly aligned reel mower cuts grass evenly in a scissor-like motion, pulling the grass ...

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 ...

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If you only have a small patch of lawn or grow short, warm season grass, then a standard push-behind mower may not be the best tool for the job. Reel mowers can cut grass shorter and more precisely ...

Some things may never become obsolete. In this high-tech age of power-driven conveniences, you can still find a hand-propelled reel lawn mower, a machine that originated around 1830. This push ...

While one trend moves people away from lawns toward meadowy expanses that take less care, there is also a trend among grass fans in the other direction — making the front yard look like a golf course.