I haven't mowed lawn since the late 1980s, and now with a new house i'll need one. my front/back yard is fairly small, so i only need a pushing type. i don't feel like dealing with bags of cut grass, so i'm looking for something that's small, powerful, and has the option of spitting the cut grass out on one side and leaving it. any suggestions?

while i'm doing lawn, i'd like to listen to my MP3s. i want a large capacity mp3 player that is reasonably priced and doesn't say apple on it. any suggestions?

 

Look for a mulching mower. It cuts the grass up finer and leaves it behind. No bagging, no raking.

I have a set of noise blocking radio headphones that will accept input from an MP3 player. You may want to consider this option as the headphones that come with the MP3 players will do nothing to block out the mower noise.