I have always considered getting a lawn care maintenance person, but have yet to do so. It seems like every other person on my block already uses one for their yards and frankly their yards look better! I dont let my yard look bad, but sometimes I cannot get to it TWICE a week or whatever the norm is in my area.
Ive even considered going to an English garden style that looks more natural and no front grass. It still would need work. Weeding, cutting back, pruning, trimming, etc. We have a SMALL front yard and in my region people pay about $70 a month for lawn care service. It seems like a lot for an hour of work once a week. You know how it goes... make sure the trimmer battery is charged up, gas in the mower, mowing, raking, trimming, hedging, sweeping up, grab a beer, etc. Even with a small yard it still takes a good hour.
So in area for my small yard breaks down to $17.50 a week. Could I be more productive in that hour time? Could I justify hiring someone for the lawn while I work on something else?
I was thinking about this over the weekend when I had to attend to our big backyard that hasnt been maintained for a while. I spent the majority of the day on it and it felt like a wasted day to me. I could have been doing something far better.
Im still not sure which way I will go an I am curious what readers do.
- Do you you save money and cut your own grass?
- Or do you save time and have someone do the work?
- How much is lawn care in your region?
I have been on a crusade against lawn area for years now - replacing it with planting beds but then again, I love gardening. That said, if I hated the work that much, 17.50 seems a decent price for a free hour.
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