mowing

It's that time of year when each of us will start asking the eternal question of how early you can start mowing your grass. In Illinois, there are specific laws you need to know about or you could be mowing yourself into a law-breaking fine.

You really can get busted if you mow your lawn in Illinois outside of certain time periods.

I have mowed lawns since I was old enough to push one. Spoiler Alert - that's a VERY long time. That's why I was mighty impressed when I learned that one place in Illinois was just ranked as one of the top 20 cities in America for big yards.

They keep on falling all autumn long but there is a better way to handle leaves.

A Rockford Resident could pay for lots of lawns to be mowed after winning $10,000.

Years ago, my neighborhood had an ongoing "yard of the month" award, complete with a sign that declared your yard to be awesome, and, I think a gift card was thrown in as well. I wouldn't know for sure, because my yard never won.

Remember during the winter months when you were wishing for Spring? You wanted no more cold and snow, no more shoveling and shivering. You wanted Springtime weather and all that comes with it. Like lawn mowing and maintenance. Well, Spring has sprung in the Rock River Valley, and the lawn mowers are out, or soon will be.