Abstract: A lawn mower having means forr chopping grass cutting, leaves and the like into small sizes for depositing the cut material in the form such that it will serve as mulch and not have to be raked from a lawn after it is cut, the mower including an iverted cup shaped frame having wheels and a handle, the frame having an outlet chute at one side, a prime mover supported on the frame, a vertical shaft supported by the frame having the horizontal cutting blade affixed to the shaft below the frame, the prime mover being coupled to rotate the vertical shaft, a rotatable auxiliary blade supported in the outlet chute, the auxiliary blade supported in the outlet chute, the auxiliary blade having a shaft extending therefrom and means of coupling the prime mover to rotate the auxiliary blade shaft so that cuttings discharged through the outlet chute pass the rotating auxiliary blade and are cut into small sizes.