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 ...

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 ...