Let me hasten to say that my husband split firewood the old fashioned way for many years; but a couple of years ago got an automatic splitter. Now he can split enough wood for a winter in an afternoon and doesn’t jar his body to death doing it manually. - I’ve finally sort of succeeded in getting him to simplify the yard cutting; but he still runs the riding mower, but cuts less area. Is running the leaf blower right now; but I think he has sort of simplified that job with cutting up the leaves and letting some of them mulch the yard.
Your husband is doing leaves today, and I am moving snow. You guys spend an afternoon for a winters firewood, we spend several days to get trees and split 8 chords. This is not a complaint, we enjoy the outdoor exercise and the freedom of the woods.