3-4 hours a week, but it still becomes a mess. I love our year, but it’s a half acre and a lot of up keep. Still it’s great exercise and good for my mental health. So I would never contract it out.

7 garden beds, dozens of planters, shrubs, trees, etc.

At least 3-4 hours a week. I have high standards and it looks great. Every other year or so we do a huge overhaul of some section of the yard and that takes forever.

A lot! And it still looks pretty messy, because I have a lot of plants and several things I like to allow to reseed, which means I don’t do a thick layer of mulch. But in a few weeks it will be glorious, weeds and all.

We have outsourced lawn care and spring and fall cleanup. Other than that I grow an extensive flower and vegetable garden. I spend a good bit of time setting it up in spring and then spend about an hour every other day puttering about.

None. We have people come to do the landscaping and whatever else. DH is into growing things so he and the kids handle that.

And what are your standards?

Mine are pretty low, but I'd prefer that people not think we have completely given up