Thx for excellent advice. After reading it what I will probably do is:
Hire neighbor kid with riding mower to come do the lawn for $50 plus tip.
Find a used pickup on Craigslist with plow attached(don't want to use MY nice truck for that!)
Befriend the local farmer with a disk and have him swing by each spring to make a couple passes on garden.
Buy an old tractor to restore/tinker with and eventually watch one of the kids run it into the barn... Every kid should have a tractor to drive to school right ?!