Overwhelmed & need motivation
I have a 4 acre property that was farmland 200 years ago. It’s in a rural area, near a 3k acre park that’s also full of invasives due to a huge abundance of wildlife. The deer in my yard are out of control. I have so many invasives that need to get pulled but the ticks are SO bad (thanks, deer & mice) that I can pick them up just walking out onto one of my patios. I dread going out into the woods and ripping stuff out because I’ll inevitably get covered in ticks.
A sampling of the invasives on my property:
Norway maple
TOH
Autumn olive
oriental bittersweet
japanese barberry
MFR
privet
dames rocket
swallowart
garlic mustard
motherwort
jumping worms
Anyway, I have a torn labrum which requires surgery and after having two foot surgeries and a torn bicep the last three years, I know that I can’t put this off any longer because some injury will always be holding me back and I certainly can’t try to tackle this after serious hip surgery. I know it’s a long battle but I’m hoping for some words of encouragement for fighting both of these monsters (ticks & invasives)!