The amount of hours it takes to keep this place up is ridiculous.
Our place is around 4 acres of flat land (plus 40 acres of woods). I'd say the lawn is at least 3 to 3 1/2 football fields long and maybe 80 yards wide, at it's widest point.
If my wife doesn't help me (we have two riding mowers) it takes 2 1/2 to 3 hrs to mow with a Cub Cadet XT1, (50 inch mowing deck), then 1 hr and 15 min of trim work with a self propelled push mower, THEN at least 5 hrs per week weedeating. I use a Stihl FS 111 brush cutter / trimmer for that.
There is so much weedeating to do that I've had to break it up into numerous sections that I try to get to every other week, otherwise it would take 10+ hrs per week.
I have a list: house + buildings, creek 1, creek 2, ditch + fruit trees, gardens, walnut trees, the bank, gas well + burn pile area...and a few others.
My hands take a beating using that weedeater. Haven't used the weedeater in a couple weeks and they're just now starting to feel better.
I'm 41 and pretty strong, but realize that taking care of that much wont be feasible 10 or 15 yrs from now. May let the eastern 1/3 of the yard go to hay when I age out.
It looks like a state park around here when it's all done. Sure is a lot of work though...