I do ours and my neighbors.

Mowed, weed whacked, aerated, and put down 100 pounds of fertilizer in each yard today. Therapy of sorts. Yeah, I do my own yard work, always have always will until I can’t. And hung a new actuator on the automatic gate today as well.

Always my own.....

I mow mine most of the time. A yard service comes in about one every 5-6 weeks to mow it. The break from doing it is nice, especially in the summer.

I mow my own. Only takes about 1hr 20 minutes to mow, edge, weedeat, and blow. My parents are in their later 80’s so I mow their 5.5 acres with the Zero turn.

Probably 75% of the yards in my subdivision have lawn service. A lot of those lawns don’t look very good. Nobody has their kids mow. You never see a kid even take out the trash.

It would cost $150.00 a week to mow my place , NO

Can't hide money

I mowed around 3 acres for about 12 years. Got a service mowing it now.

I cut mine at at home but hire it done at the lake. $500 at the lake. The lake is a full acre and some yrs she mows every week some yrs it's every six weeks. Depends on rainfall.

I have 3 acres. The house sits on an acre that takes quite a bit of work to maintain. Lots of weedeating etc. The other 2 acres just need a simple owing and weekending. I enjoy doing it. Good exercise and clears the mind a bit. Even during the summer I enjoy it.

I mowed our corner lot in a NW Houston neighborhood for 35 years. I was the only person around there that did my own yard. And it looked good. The same guy did most everyone else’s yard, and we’d talk mowers. I started with Snapper and went to Honda. Over the years he used Lawnboy, Toro, John Deere, and wound up with Honda. He kept records on mower engine hours and said Kawasaki and Honda (cast iron sleeve engines) lasted the longest.

And then we moved to the country and my wife wanted to mow (while riding) the 2 acres around the house. I mow all the surrounding pasture with my tractor. She can really fly on that big Ferris, and she loves to mow (while riding). She’s good with that zero turn.

Just finished with mine this morning before the rains come (hopefully)

Welcome to the country, sir.....IMO, the rewards far outweigh the risks! You've done well.

I do all of mine and will as long as I can. I enjoy the work and how it looks when I am done. Live in the country and have 24 acres. Mow a couple of acres around the house and then 6-8’ width all around the fence line plus all of the pond dam and area around the pond.
Kids are grown and gone now so most of the time it is just me.
Put the grandkids to work helping when they are here and want to earn some money.
I have told them I will not just give them money but if they want to work to earn it, I will pay them for doing so. They help with fence work, tree trimming and whatever else I ask them to do.

Did until we moved, now I have zero scape and spray weeds...