Creating Patterns With Your Lawn Mower

Have you ever driven through your neighborhood and spied a beautiful and intricate-looking pattern on a neighbors’ lawn that made you as green as their grass with envy? Well, covet thy neighbor’s grass no more! You, too, can make unique patterns in your lawn that will significantly increase your house’s curb appeal and make your own neighbors wonder how you did it. Follow these easy steps to get a great-looking yard without a lot of work.

Allow Your Grass to Grow

Really short grass will be nigh-on impossible to create a pattern in. Why? Patterns rely on bending the blade of grass in one direction or another so that the shadows created turn into a design when viewed from afar. Your grass should be at least three inches long before you try to mow a pattern into it, so skip a few Saturday mows to allow for some growth, and keep your lawn well-watered and fertilized in the meantime.

Edge Your Lawn First

In order to provide a better canvas for your patterns, you can take your lawn mower and go around the entire perimeter of your yard to even out the sides and give you sufficient space for turning the mower when you need to go in another direction at the end of a stripe. Edging your lawn can make the pattern really “pop” and gives you more professional-looking results when you’re through!

Patterns to Try

There are several options when it comes to patterns. Some may work better for you than others, depending on the shape and slope of your yard, as well as how many obstacles you have in it. Here are some of your choices:

• Stripes: Simple vertical or horizontal stripes don’t require too much effort; you simply need to make sure that you line up your lawn mower evenly with the last line you mowed whenever you turn around. 
• Checkerboard: To do this, you’ll need to start at one corner of the lawn and mow at an angle all the way across. You’ll then walk your mower up to the corner across from where you started (if you started at the top left, you’ll go to the top right; if you started at the bottom right, you’ll go to the bottom left). You’ll then mow stripes in the opposite direction.
• Diamonds Similar to the checkerboard in approach, diamonds require you to angle your mower a little more to form a more angular “diamond” shape instead of a square on the second pass.
• Circles: Perfect for yards with a lot of obstacles, a circular pattern simply requires you to mow in concentric circles around an object such as a flower bed or a tree.

Stop by our dealership in Eastman, GA, to check out our wide variety of new and used lawn mowers for sale. We also provide financing options on your lawn equipment purchase so you can get exactly what you need at a price you love. Eastman Equipment Company serves our Georgia customers in the cities of Warner Robins and Dublin.