https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 17 May 2026 09:40:24 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-of-yard-maintenance-do-youso-perform-weekly#post-941449 Thu, 18 Jul 2013 10:41:20 +0000 littlek 941449@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>0 hours. We have lawn maintenance service and it's a necessity. DH works over 60 hours a week and I'm a WOHM that works 50 hours or more a week. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-of-yard-maintenance-do-youso-perform-weekly#post-941431 Thu, 18 Jul 2013 10:35:58 +0000 regberadaisy 941431@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>First summer in our new home so we won't be concentrating much on the outside till next year. But DH spends a good 3-4 hour s once a week mowing and edging the front and back yard. Oh pool maintenance is probably another hour total?</p> <p>Next year when we start planting and setting up a garden I can see us taking another 1-2 hours each week just weeding, plucking growth from the veg garden, etc.</p> <p>@Adira: we have 3/4 of an acre of 80% grass and minimal flower beds right now. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-of-yard-maintenance-do-youso-perform-weekly#post-941422 Thu, 18 Jul 2013 10:33:35 +0000 DillonLion 941422@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DH spends a few hours outside doing yard work 2x a week mostly. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-of-yard-maintenance-do-youso-perform-weekly#post-941420 Thu, 18 Jul 2013 10:33:19 +0000 mlm2934 941420@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Sketchbook: not enough!!!! Maybe 1 hour? Needs to be more like 3-4 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-of-yard-maintenance-do-youso-perform-weekly#post-941417 Thu, 18 Jul 2013 10:32:34 +0000 MamaMoose 941417@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Me - Zero Hours</p> <p>Hubs - About 2 hours/week </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-of-yard-maintenance-do-youso-perform-weekly#post-941408 Thu, 18 Jul 2013 10:29:29 +0000 mamabolt 941408@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not enough. We pay to have things mowed but everything else is still a hot mess. Still haven't gotten things mulched for this year yet! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-of-yard-maintenance-do-youso-perform-weekly#post-940933 Thu, 18 Jul 2013 08:56:54 +0000 Mrs. Sketchbook 940933@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: the pool was a massive time suck last summer because I was preg. This year I can help so it is less work! The worst thing I think is weeds. After mowing for an hr or so, my husband doesn't want to then weed eat! So either our edges look good or the lawn is mowed, or the lawn is mowed and the weeds are out of control. It is rarely synced up!</p> <p>I am hoping to plant a lot of ground cover in the next 12 months...! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-of-yard-maintenance-do-youso-perform-weekly#post-940911 Thu, 18 Jul 2013 08:51:20 +0000 Mrs. Jump Rope 940911@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>At least one hour to mow.. Maybe longer if I'm the one mowing!</p> <p>An hour or two weeding. I've declared war on our driveway. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-of-yard-maintenance-do-youso-perform-weekly#post-940910 Thu, 18 Jul 2013 08:50:57 +0000 Adira 940910@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Sketchbook: Oh, I guess having a pool would require more work. We don't have that! Plus we have irrigation, so we don't have to water anything. We just have to mow and weed and we have less than an acre, so it's pretty quick. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-of-yard-maintenance-do-youso-perform-weekly#post-940907 Thu, 18 Jul 2013 08:50:29 +0000 autumnlove 940907@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Maybe 10 minutes. But we have a gardener who comes 1-2 times a week. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-of-yard-maintenance-do-youso-perform-weekly#post-940906 Thu, 18 Jul 2013 08:50:22 +0000 spaniellove 940906@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DH spends several hours a day on weekends plus some time on weekday evenings, so I'd say 10 hours a week, 15 if there's a project? That includes mowing, edging, weeding a bed that spans the width of the property, maintaining a grove of fruit trees, feeding and fertilizing the plants, etc. Sometimes I go out and prune things.</p> <p>ETA: We live in a neighborhood where the yards are very well taken care of, and even with all this work a lot of our neighbors outdo us with their gardens! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-of-yard-maintenance-do-youso-perform-weekly#post-940897 Thu, 18 Jul 2013 08:49:17 +0000 blackbird 940897@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>1-2 hours/week. During the summer, he has to mow weekly. I'd prefer to hire someone (as I did when he was deployed), but he wants to do it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-of-yard-maintenance-do-youso-perform-weekly#post-940894 Thu, 18 Jul 2013 08:48:36 +0000 Mrs. Sketchbook 940894@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: we mow the front on a rider, but the back is hilly and requires push. Weed eating around our fence, pool deck and ornamental beds too! We also planted five trees in June that require frequent watering. Garden needs to be watered and weeded as well as the ornamental pots. Pool maintenance (brushing, shocking, vacuuming) also. And then yard projects like reclaiming brushy areas, pressure washing, washing the siding, washing the porches, etc. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-of-yard-maintenance-do-youso-perform-weekly#post-940892 Thu, 18 Jul 2013 08:47:50 +0000 Cherrybee 940892@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Last spring and summer, I spent a couple of hrs an evening, approx 3 evenings a week out there - we had just bought the house and the garden was a state! Then I fell pregnant in Oct and this yr the gardens have gone to RUIN! I've managed about 3hrs total, FIL has done about 5 hrs for us and DH has done 0hrs! Next yr I will get back on it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-of-yard-maintenance-do-youso-perform-weekly#post-940877 Thu, 18 Jul 2013 08:43:17 +0000 pui 940877@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Combined, probably around 2-3? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-of-yard-maintenance-do-youso-perform-weekly#post-940868 Thu, 18 Jul 2013 08:39:58 +0000 Dandelion 940868@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: ditto! We have about an acre and I can breeze through it in less than an hour on the riding mower while DH does the edging. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-of-yard-maintenance-do-youso-perform-weekly#post-940857 Thu, 18 Jul 2013 08:38:11 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 940857@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Probably around 3. That's my DH. I don't do any of it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-of-yard-maintenance-do-youso-perform-weekly#post-940850 Thu, 18 Jul 2013 08:36:43 +0000 LuLu Mom 940850@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DH mows and it takes him about 1 1/2 hours a week, I do nothing in the yard but maybe deal with the potted plants outside. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-of-yard-maintenance-do-youso-perform-weekly#post-940849 Thu, 18 Jul 2013 08:36:26 +0000 JessKas 940849@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My husband spends 20-30 minutes everyday doing things in the yard, and a couple of hours on the weekends. He maintains a garden which requires a fair amount of attention, and we have backyard chickens, which I consider part of the yard work. Some weeks he'll spend a whole day out there working on things, but that is more rare. </p> <p>I don't really do any of the outside work though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-of-yard-maintenance-do-youso-perform-weekly#post-940814 Thu, 18 Jul 2013 08:28:03 +0000 yerpie110 940814@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Probably 3-4 hours total. Mowing, watering, fertilizing, weeding, and trimming. DH does it all! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-of-yard-maintenance-do-youso-perform-weekly#post-940807 Thu, 18 Jul 2013 08:26:22 +0000 jillybean218 940807@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hahaha, definitely zero! I'm severely allergic to grass, and DH is too exhausted after work to mow. We pay someone $30 a week to mow our lawn. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-of-yard-maintenance-do-youso-perform-weekly#post-940805 Thu, 18 Jul 2013 08:25:40 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 940805@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Zip Zero. We use pros. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-of-yard-maintenance-do-youso-perform-weekly#post-940797 Thu, 18 Jul 2013 08:23:15 +0000 Smurfette 940797@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Probably 2 or 3, depending on what needs to be blown off the roof and deck. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-of-yard-maintenance-do-youso-perform-weekly#post-940794 Thu, 18 Jul 2013 08:22:09 +0000 Adira 940794@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>What!! WTF are you guys doing??? We spend MAYBE an hour a week on our yard. Mowing and some light weeding. What else is there to do?? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-of-yard-maintenance-do-youso-perform-weekly#post-940786 Thu, 18 Jul 2013 08:21:00 +0000 Charm54 940786@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>At 31 weeks pregnant - 0 hours, lol.</p> <p>Dh probably does 3? We are moving to a new house with a much bigger property next month though so I think we will both have to up our effort! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-of-yard-maintenance-do-youso-perform-weekly#post-940781 Thu, 18 Jul 2013 08:19:26 +0000 Mrs. Sketchbook 940781@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would say 5-8 hrs? Honestly could be more! </p>