I need help with a stalling 4-stroke lawnmower engine. It will pull start, run for 30 seconds and then die. [more inside]
posted by kuujjuarapik on May 14, 2009 - 8 answers

What is the best brand/model of push lawnmower? [more inside]
posted by theinsectsarewaiting on Jun 2, 2008 - 18 answers

Recommend a lawnmower, please. [more inside]
posted by found dog one eye on Apr 26, 2008 - 18 answers

[RentalFilter] Lawn/yard care and rental properties... Does anyone have any experience or advice for a former city boy now stuck with 1/4 acre of rapidly deteriorating yard and no tools to speak of? [more inside]
posted by willie11 on Mar 15, 2008 - 7 answers

Does anyone have experience with electric lawn mowers? I am looking for brand recommendations, pros and cons, etc. ... [more inside]
posted by Jane Austen on Mar 12, 2008 - 12 answers

Is my lawnmower toast? Today I put oil in my lawnmower and made the (dumb) mistake of not draining the old oil out first. When I ran the lawnmower afterwards, large amounts of white smoke appeared and the engine started making a "knocking" sound. I stopped mowing, figuring it wasn't safe to continue on in this condition. Am I out a lawnmower or is this fixable? Can I just drain out the oil and start again or is it possible irreparable damage has occurred?
posted by The Gooch on Sep 23, 2007 - 14 answers

After years of renting apartments, I have moved up in the world: I am now renting a house. Strangely, the house comes with small organic green things projecting from the ground. Having never been responsible for a lawn before, I don't really know what to do with it. I also have two, I don't know, shrubs (I think). One is low growing, thick, with branches that kind of double as rhizomes, and one might be a juniper. As you can see, I'm pretty clueless. What do I need to know/what must I do/what must I buy to take good care of my lawn and it's various planty inhabitants? [more inside]
posted by arcticwoman on Mar 31, 2007 - 17 answers

What should I do about my weird neighbor encounter? [more inside]
posted by fixedgear on May 14, 2006 - 36 answers

Lawn mower 101. We're renting a new place. It has a large garden, with a petrol/gas-powered push lawn mower to keep it tidy. The mower has two orifices, one for petrol/gas, the other for oil; what goes in each? [more inside]
posted by carter on Oct 9, 2004 - 5 answers

What do you do when the lawn gets so long your mower can't possibly cut through it?
posted by TurkishGolds on May 28, 2004 - 29 answers