I feel your pain. We have been somewhat dilatory about keeping the upper half of our back yard orderly, and this year, with all the rain, it has completely run riot. There is a titanic death struggle for territory between the blackberry and the bindweed, with occasional arabesques from the fennel. Which would be okay-ish if any of them would actually die in the death struggle. So far, not so much. This fall, I will have to rent a chipper from Home Despot and wreck some havoc. On the plus side, this gives me the excuse to try out the new chainsaw and perhaps invest in a nice 18" machete.

Or, if that doesn't work I'll need to find goats. Goats with flamethrowers.