This for me personally is a challenge in this part of the country. Between the snakes, bugs and the poison vines I really have a hard time mostly mentally (not because of work) but sometimes physically! We worked on the spot across the creek that was obstructing our view of the goat pen.   It looks much better... BUT ......    I ended up with a good dose of poison oak, ivy something! I can only guess that a vine swiped me across the face when we were clearing....doggonit! I woke up the first morning and I looked like somebody punched me in the face...then comes the ooze! This is the beginning of a long season...I have attracted the poison vines all my life! If they are about well I end up with it....I have had it so bad in the past that I ended in the emergency room from oozing from the Inside Out (Throat, Nether regions, lungs etc) !  It is getting better but will take time.....I have used vinegar & baking soda (burned like hale), Tecnu s...