I’m thinking of buying a hand-push lawn mower (reel land mower), kind of like the one below.

My yard is small, and I would enjoy the workout. My only concern is, would I need to subsequently rake and collect the grass clippings? Electric lawnmowers automatically gather the clippings in the bag, but this one would sprinkle them all over. My first instinct says this could feed nutrients back into the soil instead of shipping them off to a landfill. Could leaving the clippings behind harm my grass in some unforeseen way? Would I need to remove them?

FYI, the winter here is cold, cloudy, and rainy so I’m not sure if that would play an important part.

I’m thinking of buying a hand-push lawn mower (reel lawn mower), kind of like the one below.

My yard is small, and I would enjoy the workout. My only concern is, would I need to subsequently rake and collect the grass clippings? Electric lawnmowers automatically gather the clippings in the bag, but this one would sprinkle them all over. My first instinct says this could feed nutrients back into the soil instead of shipping them off to a landfill. Could leaving the clippings behind harm my grass in some unforeseen way? Would I need to remove them?

FYI, the winter here is cold, cloudy, and rainy so I’m not sure if that would play an important part.