/oss/taxonomy/term/2622/all en /oss/article/did-you-know/lawnmowing <p>Looking back in History, we see evidence of people having ‘lawns’ as early as the 16th century. Originally, however, the word lawn simply referred to an open area within the woods, not a patch of grass in front of a house, so the emergence of lawns as we know them is a touch harder to pinpoint. We do know though that lawnmowers were invented in 1830 and <a href="https://www.google.com/patents/USRE8560%23v=onepage&q&f=false">patented in 1879</a> and that before that lawns were cut using scythes or by letting your livestock loose on them for a while.</p> Mon, 17 Jul 2017 17:30:47 +0000 Ada McVean B.Sc. 2576 at /oss