TruGreen wins for most homeowners who want nationwide coverage, broad plans and low introductory prices. Lawn Doctor wins if you want a locally owned franchise and a more customizable, personal service....

Is your snow blower cranking but not catching, or surging and dying after summer storage? Reaching for carb cleaner snow blower fixes is a fair instinct, but it shouldn’t be your...

Plant the red maple too deep and you’ve started a slow death sentence. Bury the root flare, pile mulch on the trunk, and swing a string trimmer at the bark, and...

How do you calculate acreage? Measure the area in square feet and divide by 43,560. That’s the whole trick, and it works for a half-acre backyard or a 5-acre lot. The...

Which hoe do you grab when weeds pop up between your tomato rows? The wrong one wastes your morning. A hoe garden tool is a long-handled tool with a flat or...

Which one breaks new ground: a cultivator or a tiller? The tiller does, and the gap between them decides whether you waste $400 or not. A cultivator tiller search usually means...

Is a zoysia grass lawn worth the work? It depends on your climate and your mower. Zoysia makes a thick, soft-looking turf that crowds out weeds and handles heat and foot...

Mix it wrong and you’ll be pulling the carburetor apart by mid-summer. Get the echo weed eater fuel mixture right, though, and that trimmer will outlast three cheaper ones. Most people...

Find a model number stamped on the frame near the seat or on the engine shroud, and you’re halfway to fixing whatever’s wrong with your Ford lawn mower. Ford built lawn...

Two-stroke or four-stroke? That’s the question every buyer asks before spending $5,000 or more on a commercial mower. Here’s the twist: if you’re shopping a true two cycle lawn mower from...