Ladies and Gentlemen Start Your Engines

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Usually, well it used to be, men mowed the lawns and tended to all the yard work but that is not happening anymore. 25 years ago "I" opened up my own lawn care service and even hired other women to help me when I got swamped with work. Back then minimum wage was low, around $4.50 to $5 an hour, I could push mow most lawns within an hour. BUT that is where using your head counts, I NEVER worked by the hour, I worked by the job. Meaning I mowed your lawn weekly, or bi weekly for $25 and up. I was making $25 or more per hour. $10 for weed eating and that took all of fifteen to twenty minutes to walk around the house, the side walk and maybe a couple trees. That was the old days, I just passed the work of mowing a lawn of one of the rental houses off to my sister, she needs the money, but for her it ill take longer because she is weaker and slower, but just the same its money coming in. I had been doing it for the past 4 years, I will if she doesnt. Now I have a nice riding mower at home, no trailer to haul it, that I am about to fire up and get started. I have 2 acres to keep up, about a 1/2 acre will be plowed in a month or so but the grass and weeds need to be cut down in the meantime. I put a new battery in last fall and I am hoping it still has a charge, if not I will hook up the charger. So far I have not had to put a new plug in the push mower, I did buy 3 last week, just to have them on hand. Do you keep your own lawn?