Flickr.com, from miggslives Before the invention of the lawn mower (or lawnmower) only the rich could afford large expanses of lawn. A farmer could, of course, keep grass down to a reasonable length by grazing his animals on it, but the way of getting a really neat appearance was to have a troop of garden [...]
Serious lawn mower information - plus bits and pieces in a gossipy blog about a favourite garden companion, the lawnmower