There was a time long ago that when a shovel or rake handle broke, you went to the hardware store, bought a new handle and installed it into the old rake head. Years later, in a more prosperous time ...

It is an autumn icon, the rake. The old-school tool goes back as far as oaks and maples and elms have been carpeting lawns in red, gold and orange leaves. For some, raking is a chore. For others, a ...

To keep your yard looking neat, you need a good rake to keep things in order. However, the rake you use to clean up leaves isn’t necessarily the best rake for smoothing out soil, mulch, or gravel. For ...

Several consecutive days of high winds had forced nearly all of the autumn leaves off their trees at once. Our raking began in earnest. Then it happened. Snap! The large, old rake broke, this time for ...

You could be called the lawn Luddites. You’re the holdouts who shun leaf blowers and lawn vacuums, the hardy types who find satisfaction in the scrape of tines on grass. You’re the leaf rakers, and we ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." If you prefer to remove fallen leaves from your yard—the case to leave them be is certainly an argument ...