Spending the entire day in the “briar patch” is not my idea of a joyous, happy day. Nevertheless I do find myself there on a regular basis. Briars are a plant that starts very small and grow at amazing speed into monster vines that can literally overtake a tree. That process has been going on in the trees of my little farm for a long, long time. My goal to eradicate them is endless and challenging. The briars grow so fast and strong that they can change the shape of small trees, ascend to the top of  a 70-80 (and more) foot trees, and extend over into other trees to…