Mowing is part of my exercise, and the reason I usually do the front one day and the back yard the next is to spread it out a bit. I have a fitness tracker and wear a gardening apron (actually a Home Depot nail bib that has two pockets, one for gloves and a pruning tool, the other has the case I slip my phone into) so my phone also keeps track of my work.

My vegetable garden is in the front yard and when I'm working in it people out for walks often stop by to talk. I don't get complaints from the neighbors (there's nothing they could do about it - no oppressive HOA here) because I give them produce. When they know they're looking at the source of tomatoes or okra or cucumbers, they look fondly on the growing tangle as the gardening season progresses.