An easy solution for a common problem for homeowners is not known by everyone.
I’ll illustrate with a very simple drawing made on my Photography Advanced Image Necessity Tool program (PAINT).
Here is a house and lawn:
Obviously, it’s a Saint Paul house because of the detached garage.
I know not everyone knows about this because I see messes all over.
Many people mow in straight lines, which makes sense. But this causes our problem:
The problem is when a lawn mower crosses the sidewalk from one area of lawn to the other, it leaves a big clump of grass clippings. Generally, that will wash away with heavy rain, but not always, and it doesn’t always rain. Many homeowners pick it up themselves.
The solution is simple. By simply not crossing from one lawn to the other, the clipping messes will be avoided. Of course, it’s still a pain to turn the lawn mower 180 degrees more often, plus such a rotation will often leave clumps of grass clippings anyways.
When using this solution, in those rare moments you may have to cross the sidewalk, pull up on the lawn mower handle to let the lawn mower shoot out the grass clippings, then cross while the mower is still angles.
The solution is to mow in a box shape, completely avoiding any edges or high-angle mower rotations:
In this way, your lawn will be smooth and your sidewalk clean.