While this vintage lawn mower came much later, it's still not a model you're likely to see today. An early version of the riding lawn mower, this vintage model has a wide blade in front to cut grass.

Trying to mulch wet, tall grass will make a mess of your lawn and your mower. The grass clippings will accumulate on the mower deck, clogging it. The clippings that escape will collect as clumps ...