Reel mowers appeal for a number of reasons, including the financial savings (no gas to buy), maintenance-free use (beyond the occasional need to sharpen blades), and cardiovascular exercise they ...

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In 1962, when I was a teenager, my father gave our neighbor, Mr. Gruder, $10 for a reel mower of my very own. The ash handle shone with age and use, and it had a canvas grass catcher. Mr. Gruder had ...

What’s low-cost, environmentally friendly, virtually maintenance-free and quickly reclaiming its place on our lawns? (Hint: It’s not those plastic garden gnomes.) It’s the manual lawn mower, and it’s ...