If the measure of this is the amount of lawn mowing, due to where I am, it is currently dead. But as of May 1st every year, I have approximately 2 - 3 acres to push mow. There aren't any women here though, so does that count?
As for the Amish around here, I see the women doing plenty of work too. But an Amish man is practically never idle either. They've got hundreds of acres of farm land that they plant using no other equipment than a couple of horses, sunup to sundown...
My work around here is pretty seasonal, so either it's chopping wood, stacking wood, shoveling snow, mowing the lawn, watering the garden (often using the tractor and trailer with water jugs from snake creek). When there's drought, we shut down the pipes and haul 5 gallon buckets using the creek water about 150 yards away and use it to flush the toilet by pouring it into the back every flush. Life around here is hard, but it helps keep my blood sugar in control.
I have no problem with both people pitching in...when both people are actually pitching in. It tends to get a little unbalanced around here though, and I often feel like I am picking up the majority of the slack. Though it is nice to be treated like a lady every once in a while.
That is an insane amount of grass. You really push mow that? You are a beast, my friend. I thought my yard was a lot to push-mow!
I used to push mow the entire lot in about 2.5 hours, but these days I usually break it down into 3 separate days of about 45 - 55 minutes while doing other stuff. Dad offered to buy a riding mower (I could have done that myself) but what's the point of exercising in the attic with weights or walking a treadmill when you can do something useful? We've got 70 acres that is mostly wild now. (the arrow of wildness pointing NNE in this Google maps pic)
@bethwheatcraft go for the push mower dude! He clearly doesn't put himself first all the time.........lmao
God I hope that came across exactly how I was hoping.
Working together for a common goal is different than chivalry, in my opinion. (working together is a fantastic thing!)