Wandering around the yard last night and this morning, I was struck by all the little things that could be done to make the yard more attractive. Removing weeds, adding a few new plants here and there, splitting off some large clumps of flowers to give to the kids for their gardens, pruning the roses (now that I can see what's growing vigorously and what has died back, removing the odd shrub that was killed by the winter, putting the soaker hose on to dampen some dried flower beds, and so on. It's good to know, too, that not every thing has to be done right away. These are just small maintenance jobs that can be completed as time permits.
As some anonymous wag once said, gardening is a matter of your enthusiasm holding up until your back gets used to it ...
Sounds like you need the one thing at a time theory. Or as the Italians say- piano a piano- poco a poco- little by little! Over time the job will get done. The hardest part is getting started! And watch that back!
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