Journal Entry #7

Tuesday, March 31, 2026

Another day at the nature center! Today went by even quicker than last week which really surprised me because I thought that the privet was going to be much harder work. It was a bit more difficult to move and not whack someone with, but not much harder to cut like I thought it would. When I heard we were working with privet I was worried that it was going to be bad for my allergies and that I was going to get scratched up. But I was super thankful I wore long sleeves and had taken my allergy meds this morning because I didn’t get any sort of hives or bad nose, mouth, or eye itching. 

I got to do some cutting down of the branches today which I didn’t do last week so that was definitely more of a workout then just hauling the branches away. It makes it more fun to switch up roles and not be in the same spot or job the whole time.

Seeing the amount of invasive species growth makes me think about how much more there is to taking care of our lands than we usually think about. Usually when we say the phrase “leave it better than you found it”, I think people typically think of just picking up their trash and belongings. But there are other things, such as invasive plants and bugs or animals that can hurt the land as well. Not all plant growth is good, and it takes a lot of work to clean up the invasive plants, maybe even more so than it would to pick up trash. It makes me grateful for the people that do care about these smaller details.



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