I don’t think it’s naive. I don’t live in Georgia but I have mowed, trimmed and maintained yards of similar size and obstacle count many times. That list of add

I don’t think it’s naive. I don’t live in Georgia but I have mowed, trimmed and maintained yards of similar size and obstacle count many times. That list of additional chores doesn’t take long, especially if in the yard weekly so only incremental upkeep is required and no rarely done parts are difficult (large thorns, lots of sticks or walnuts, difficult edging etc.) I don’t doubt a slow person or a meticulous lawnhead could fill the time, to be clear, but that same level of effort and speed should be applied to measuring the difficulty of maintaining a forested plot in order to make a useful comparison.