Depending on where you live, if you haven't been excessively watering your yard like Lance Armstrong, you may not need to mow your lawn come Fall. But if you've gone though a muggy, rainy Summer in the Midwest, I'm sure your lawn is in need of a trim. After your last mowing of the season, you should clean out your lawnmower of its flammable fuel, and send it into hibernation for the Winter. To do so, find a block or brick. Prop your mower over on its side against the block, but don't turn it completely over. Drain any gas that remains into an approved portable fuel tank, and bring it to an oil-change location to be properly disposed. Then, rinse off the underside of the mower with a hose, and let it dry. Then, store it for the season and get your rake handy!
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The rule with the lawn mower in my house is this--you keep mowing once a week, every week (unless it's storming outside) until the first real snowstorm. Then, you are allowed to put the mower into hibernation in its den (aka the garage). If you were on lawn mowing duty, it is now YOUR duty to dust off and utilize the snow blower for the season of snowstorms. The Midwest likes to be a indecisive 2-year old with the weather. It can be calm as a spring day or throwing a temper tantrum the next.
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