We pay by the month and it may not be fair to the homeowner but it is to the lawn guy.
In the winter when the grass is in dormancy the need to cut the lawn is practically zero, except for a few weeds that grow no matter what the conditions are. Those weeds are still growing in the planting area in the winter too. During the summer months the grass practically grows when you look at it, so the lawn guys are cutting it a lot, and trimming back bushes and weeding, usually spraying weeds in plant beds and fertilizing the grass. $45 a month is a HUGE bargain compared to what most of us were charged up North...granted our lawns were bigger, but I think that is more than a fair price.
So we pay this reasonable price monthly, all year long and don't get much for it in the winter but more than makes up for it in the nine month long summer here.
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