At a certain point, we all get into our own little groove when we're tidying up, and it is easy to turn our deep cleaning checklist into a habitual routine. Some of those habits we form, however, aren ...

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 ...

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: ...

Do you know how they create the diamond patterns in the grass on baseball fields? I tried by cutting my St. Augustine lawn in a crisscross pattern and it didn't work very well. The designs are created ...

Lawn striping is a mowing technique that creates a pattern of alternating light and dark green stripes on your lawn, similar to what you see on professional sports fields and on golf courses. Gene ...

You’ve no doubt sat in the stands of your favorite baseball stadium, admired that meticulously lined outfield grass and thought, “Wow, my lawn would look great like that!” Well no problem, slugger.