After you hae spun the engine several times with the plug out, replace the plug and leave air filter off for the moment. Engine should now crank and run, but plug may foul, meaning you have to clean oil off plug, reinstall and crank again. Once the engine starts, it will smoke like crazy, then clear up, and then begin to smoke again. This is normal. First smoke is oil in the combustion chamber, intake manifold, etc. When it starts smoking a second time, this is oil in the muffler, now hot enough to burn off. May take as much as 15 minutes or more to burn off completely. You make need to use a squirt of gasoline or starting fluid to get engine to light off initially. Use sparingly. Finally, don't forget to replace air filter.

My situation was similar to yours about nine years ago. 1/2 acre corner lot with not much green growing but buckthorn! The woody area was filled with garlic mustard, buckthorn, different tree logs/branches (previous owners cut down and left), wild blackberries, etc. I now have all of the above gone, even most of the neighbor's buckthorns. I need to speak to neighbor about the remaining one, because I'm constantly weeding out the seedlings. Can't turn your back on them for one second. I did use round up on the larger stumps after cutting down, because if you just cut, they will regrow bigger and better. Some I dug out, some pulled out easily, some I kept cutting down, etc. I tried every method. I even hired a crew to get rid of them, but that was a waste of money. It all grew back the next year. Guess they just cut it, but didn't get all the roots. I was gullible back then. LOL. Keep up with it and you will see a difference soon. No easy way, sorry. The creeping charlie can be controlled with weed b gone in the lawn if it's that bad, otherwise proper lawn practices and reseeding the grass every fall will help. I don't like to use herbicides, so I do try to be responsible, but when faced with a neglected overrun property, it helps to use some in the beginning. Soon, you will have plenty of time to enjoy all the natives you have growing like the bloodroot and trilliums. Good luck to you. Oh, I don't know what that rampant weed is in your photo. Sorry. But if it's that fast growing, I'd be scared. LOL.

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If I'm doing major cleaning, I always start out making a huge mess first. But I do make sure to finish it up, and try to stay on task rather than running around in circles. I'm glad (?) to know I'm not the only one with boxes of Holiday decorations out. I tasked SO with putting away that stuff, since I'm busy renovating a bathroom. It's actually been sort of funny to watch his progress. He gathered a large portion of it and piled it onto the dining room table, where it has sat all this time. Some of the big stuff (the tree and ornaments) did make it to the storage room (I think?). I've been trying to ignore the stuff all over the table, but finally had to break down and inquire. He said he keeps forgetting to bring home more boxes. Huh? That stuff came out of boxes, that went back into the store room when I finished. He says it doesn't all fit. I'm staying out of it!