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Originally Posted by stevej37

^^^ It takes almost 2 hours to mow the whole lawn. I stop halfway through for a beer break.

Today's beer break got doubled with the heat....that's my excuse.

I think when we mow it's 5-6 hours. I haven't done it in a while, the missus took over the mowing, but I am pretty sure she mows 1.5-2 hours per day for 3 days to get it done.

Originally Posted by stevej37

If I had a smaller lawn, I would install irrigation. With over an acre, it's just not worth the price.

Yep, we probably mow ~4 acres. No way in hell are we installing irrigation. I'm leaving mother nature in charge of that. Most of the time she does a pretty good job. But most of what's growing is native/feral and has been in place for years through hot and cold and wet and dry, so it's fairly happy. I think it was my dad that used to say "if it's green, mow it." That's the approach that we're taking here.