Protecting Your Investment
You have just invested a significant amount of money in premium turf and perfect soil preparation. The absolute worst thing you can do is attack it with a 10-year-old rusty hover mower with a blunt blade. A bad cut will tear the grass, invite disease, and rip the delicate roots right out of the topsoil.
The 3 Types of Mowers
- 1. The Rotary Mower (The Reliable All-Rounder): This features a single horizontal blade spinning at high speed. It is perfect for family lawns, capable of cutting slightly longer grass, and vacuums up the clippings efficiently. Ensure the blade is sharpened at least once a year.
- 2. The Cylinder Mower (The Showpiece Choice): The absolute best cut you can get. It features a cylindrical reel of blades that snip the grass cleanly against a fixed bottom blade, like scissors. It requires a perfectly flat lawn and leaves incredible stripes.
- 3. The Hover Mower (Avoid if possible): These float on a cushion of air and have no wheels. While good for steep banks, they offer a very poor, uneven cut and blow the grass sideways, entirely ruining the flat aesthetic of a newly laid lawn.