For any homeowners with a garden, it is often their pride and joy. A place where you can relax outside and put your own creative spin on the design and layout. Central to a beautiful garden is a luscious green lawn that is maintained well and cut regularly. But what is central to achieving this?
The lawn mower industry is highly competitive, with many manufacturer brands competing against one another to create machines that deliver elite performance and are within budget for the bulk of homeowners. This healthy competition helps contribute to the design and build of a wide array of mowers.
Almost every garden machinery supplier will stock and supply the following varieties of lawn mower:
- Automowers
- Lawn tractors
- Electric
- Petrol
- Rear-rollers
- Cordless
- Ride-on
- Zero-turn
How to determine which mower is best for you?
Numerous factors play a part in which model of lawn mower would best suit your garden. These include the size of your garden, the availability of nearby power sources, or even how much time you can set aside for cutting the grass on a regular basis.
For homeowners who do not have enough time to regularly mow their lawn will benefit from a mower that does it all for them. Robotic lawn mowers have been created specifically for this purpose. These genius machines do all the hard work for you and are capable of maintaining up to 320,000 sq ft. Simply set up the parameter for which the automower will roam around within and the rest will take care of itself, leaving you with a freshly cut lawn at no physical expense.
For those with a smaller sized garden a simple electric or cordless lawn mower would work well. If you have a nearby power source available then an electric mower saves any hassle of using petrol or charging a battery-powered model.
For large sized gardens a self-propelled mower often is not convenient enough which is why a ride-on model is the perfect option. Packed full of clever features, a ride-on model allows you to cover a large amount of ground with minimum fatigue. Ride-on mowers are manufactured by various brands including Westwood, Mountfield and many more. Click here to view some example models.
Looking for the striped finish?
If you ask someone to picture or describe the perfect lawn they would likely include an iconic striped finish in their description. Give your lawn this look courtesy of a rear-roller mower, typically found on rotary models. Stripes are added to the grass by the roller which flattens and bends the grass as you cut it.
How can you maintain your lawns health?
Using a lawn scarifier is a great way to provide it with all the necessary means to receive all of the essential nutrients and water it requires to stay healthy. A lawn scarifier works by removing any unwanted thatch and moss that is clouding the surface and preventing crucial nutrients from reaching the roots of the grass.
A mulching lawn mower can also provide your lawn with important nutrients by placing cut grass back into the soil. The blade and mowing deck are designed to chop the grass numerous times before placing the clippings back into the lawn. A mower with a mulching capability is also seen as a faster alternative to bagging, and a neater alternative to side-discharge models.
Ultimately, there are a vast number of options when it comes to purchasing the right lawn mower for your garden. Budget will dictate a large portion of the range you are shopping in, but make sure to compare models between various brands as they are likely to differ in both capability and price. Lawn mower shops like Horace Fuller are dotted all around the country, distributing and supplying machinery from all of the best brand manufacturers.
