Bush hogging is best without front loaders on

[two_bit_score]

Ticks are bad here, but fire ants are even worse!!!! Wasps, hornets, ground bees and just about everything growing has thorns on it, from the black locust trees to the vines going up the trees, to the stuff all over the ground that is full of thorns.

I'm amazed when I see pictures of people walking in the grass without shoots, and terrified when I see them sit down on the grass like it's not dangerous. The reason to keep the grass short is to give you a chance to avoid the pain that comes from everything living in the grass!!!!!

A guy I know always said, “Everything out here will either sting you, stick you or bite you.”

Not to mention all the poison ivy and other poison plants that can irritate you.

 

[BrokenTrack]

A guy I know always said, 摘verything out here will either sting you, stick you or bite you.

Not to mention all the poison ivy and other poison plants that can irritate you.

Ticks are pretty bad here, when I change the knives it is nothing to see hundreds crawling everywhere. How I managed to not get bit over the years, I will never know.

As for poison ivy...I was not so lucky. Last year I blew one of my roller bearings and it fell down pretty hard. I could not rack the boom mower and drive back 5 miles without it breaking the other bearing, so I went looking for barb wire. Trust me, when you mow the sides of the road, you quickly realize fencing wire is everywhere.

I found some, secured my roller so it would not fall down, but in doing so I got my arms covered in poison ivy. It was so bad I had to go to the Emergency Room for steroid shots.

 

[two_bit_score]

Made a few trips to the Doc myself because of poison ivy. I try to watch and stay out of it as much as possible but it’s impossible to completely avoid.

My wife is completely immune to it.

 

[Industrial Toys]

We don't have that kind of stuff up here. But, I once did mow an area with a flail mower and couldn't put pants on the next day (and did not go to work) as something on my legs was itchy and prickly like glass slivers. Never had that since.

Fortunately, never seen poison ivy in my life. None around here.

 

[two_bit_score]

Did that condition just resolve itself?


You are lucky no poison ivy is around your area. Guess it’s the cold climate.

 

[Industrial Toys]

As I recall, it took a day or so, without any special attention. Some kind of nettles maybe?

 

[buck12]

For Poison Ivy rash, try a hair dryer. I know it sounds crazy. You heat the area until you can’t take it. It does something to the nerve endings that relieves the itch for a few hours. Google it for a better description. It has worked for me several times over the years.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

For Poison Ivy rash, try a hair dryer. I know it sounds crazy. You heat the area until you can’t take it. It does something to the nerve endings that relieves the itch for a few hours. Google it for a better description. It has worked for me several times over the years.

I use HOT water, as hot as I can stand it and Lava soap, I scrub it raw! The soap washes the oil away that causes it to spread...

Repeat as needed...

SR

 

[two_bit_score]

I use HOT water, as hot as I can stand it and Lava soap, I scrub it raw! The soap washes the oil away that causes it to spread...

Repeat as needed...

SR

Try Boraxo soap. It will make a good paste.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

Try Boraxo soap. It will make a good paste.

I use to use it, it came in the round tube looking cardboard cans. BUT, it's hard to get around here now. The last store that carried it, went under years ago...

SR