I pay a kid 875 a summer to mow my lawn 25 times at $25 a pop. I think it is fair price, and my youngest just hit Peru for the next two years so I do not have any more teen age mowers that I can put to work for free. I am not ashamed to say I do not have time to mow my lawn, and what time I have I want to spend doing other things. A local kid with a yard business will mow the front and back for 35 each week. I am giving up the "lawn theraphy" I get by mowing it my self, but how can I turn down 875 for the entire season. SO my question cougarboard is do you mow your own lawn, and would you stop if it was only $35 a week?