Does anyone over 80 YO still do their own yard work

I'm going on 83 at the end of the year and I still rake my yard of leaves and rubbish. It is not a big yard but gets a lot of sunshine which can be very hot in the summer. I don't have any grass because I covered it over with a weed mat and laid bark
on top of it. What a job, because I had to buy 30 bags of bark and laid it all by myself. It looked terrific. I refuse to go to a car-wash and wash and vacuum the car when it needs it.
 
I do not mow my yard. It is a large corner lot on an incline and needs to be done a riding mower, which I do not have. The cost of buying and maintaining a riding mower wouldl likely cost as much or more over time than hiring it done every two weeks, plus I would have to do the work.
 
At 92 My Great Grandfather was still tilling a half acre garden by hand. His granddaughter (Ma @83) still mows and weed eats her yard.
I'll see in about 17 years
 
i live on 8 acres - with renters/neigbours - common practice in these parts to dump things sin the woods from washing machines to cars????????
 
Does anyone over 80 YO still do their own yard work
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I'm 73 soon to be 74, and I wonder what I'll be capable of doing in the future. Today I did a massive amount of yardwork, running chainsaw cutting tree limbs, hoeing weeds along fence-line, running riding mower for a couple hours over 2-1/2 acres.. Tomorrow will be cutting up tree limbs and hauling to the dump.
I wonder if I'll be able to do this type of work in 10 years, 5 years, or even next year. :unsure:
 
My widowed neighbor is 80 plus and still tending her 12 acres, running the tractor/loader, dragging brush, tending a garden and has a big zero turn mower she's always on. Up until two years ago she had horses and all the chores that go with them. Her husband was a tough old guy and she's made of tough stock herself, she's impressive.
 
Anyone over 75-80 who can still take care of all their lawn care gets my admiration... @Nathan

On my own when I became a widow, I tried to do lawn care that my husband had done …. no way! Even mowing was becoming a struggle.

So relieved to sell it all and really retire, to an apartment.

Now I enjoy watching a large lawn crew show up every Tuesday and go to town on the 10+ acres I live on.:)
 
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