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Congrats on moving to a house.
I always found the books that REader's Digest and others put out helpful. They are the ones that just deal with all the basic stuff that can go on with houses, maintenance, repairs, and such. I just picked another one up at Costco called Do It Yourself which is Canadian and co authored by Jon Eakes. Really good illustrations (critical).
With the Internet now there is also oodles of places to get info. The important part is to make sure it applies to the climate you live in (often stuff from Calif. for instance has nothing to do with our houses or yards). Of course, there are places and people like us here who you can ask too.
There's always composting too....not only do you have somewhere to put your clippings, but your get fantastic compost for your garden for free! Before I started composting, I had to take my clippings to a landfill transfer station in my town. Along with all the recycle bins, they have 2 huge bins for yard waste. Depending on where you live, they may have something like this for you. I know when I lived in S. Ontario, they had "green bin" pickup for compostable materials. Call your city hall/regional district tomorrow and ask what people do in your area.
Check with your city hall to see if there are recycling programs in place with garbage pickups. I don't know where you are but it is common that grass clippings are picked up separately by another truck, as long as it is bagged in the clear bags.