Lawn & Garden

All 34 lawn & garden activities in the Compendium, ranked by energy cost. The hardest is felling trees at 500 kcal an hour; the middle of the pack sits near 316.

#	Activity	MET	30 min	1 hour
1	Felling trees	6.8	250	500
2	Clearing land	6.3	232	463
3	Laying crushed rock or gravel	6.3	232	463
4	Shoveling snow	6	221	441
5	Gardening with heavy power tools	5.8	213	426
6	Chopping wood	5.5	202	404
7	Shoveling dirt or mud	5.5	202	404
8	Wheel barrow	5.4	198	397
9	Digging	5	184	368
10	Digging sandbox	5	184	368
11	Laying sod	5	184	368
12	Mowing lawn	5	184	368
13	Carrying	4.8	176	353
14	Harvesting Produce	4.5	165	331
15	Planting trees	4.5	165	331
16	Weeding	4.5	165	331
17	Planting crops or garden	4.3	158	316
18	Planting seedlings	4.3	158	316
19	Irrigation channels	4	147	294
20	Raking lawn	4	147	294
21	Raking lawn or leaves	4	147	294
22	Raking roof with snow rake	4	147	294
23	Sacking grass	4	147	294
24	Watering lawn or garden	4	147	294
25	Yardwork	4	147	294
26	Trimming shrubs or trees	3.55	130	261
27	Clearing light brush	3.5	129	257
28	Picking fruit or coffee from trees	3.5	129	257
29	Implied walking/standing - picking up yard	3	110	221
30	Riding snow blower	3	110	221
31	gardening	2.9	107	213
32	Driving tractor	2.8	103	206
33	Planting	2.6	96	191
34	Operating snow blower	2.5	92	184

Kilocalories for a 70 kg adult. Click any activity for the full weight and intensity breakdown.

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