Sam Masser

Forget the spec sheets for a second. What actually matters is whether the mower you buy matches the lawn you own. A quarter-acre flat yard and a hilly half-acre lot need...

Your mower won’t start, the deck’s cutting uneven, and the manual isn’t helping. So you type the problem into Google and land on a lawn forum thread from three years ago...

Spray the wrong lawn weed killer on Zoysia or St. Augustine and you won’t just miss the weeds. You’ll kill patches of your own grass and spend the next two months...

Pour gas and 2-cycle oil into a Stihl 4 cycle weed eater and you’ll likely kill the engine within a season. That’s the single biggest mix-up owners bring over from older...

Is a push mower still cutting it, or are you standing there on a Saturday morning wondering if there’s a better way? A grass cutting tractor is the answer for a...

Your riding mower doesn’t care what month it is. It cares how many hours are on that engine and whether you drained the fuel before it sat for four months in...

Your string trimmer choice comes down to one question: how much yard do you have, and how much do you want to spend feeding it? A lawn string trimmer isn’t just...

Brown patches showing up on your St. Augustine lawn even though you’re watering it every single day? That’s the first clue something’s off with your routine. Good care of St. Augustine...

Kneel down and look close. Is that blade wide and coarse, or thin and wiry? Does it feel rough between your fingers, or almost slick? That’s step one in sorting through...

Plug the wrong number into a yard fertilizer calculator, and you’ll either starve your lawn or burn it brown in a week. Most people grab a bag off the shelf, guess...