Find the poison ivy plant

[dddenden]

Ok, you better get good at spoting chiggars (no-see-ums, redbugs,etc) if you're bushhogging rather than poison ivy. Trust me having over 50 bites on both legs all the way up to the sweet spot isn't funny. Next time I'll tuck in the pants legs and wear long sleeves even if the temp. is 98 degrees.

If you will take a kerosene wet rag and wipe around the ankles you will not get a chigger. If you go out and do not do this, when you get home wash with a keroses rag then jump in the shower! NO CHIGGERS!!! I PROMISE YA!

 

[Bill Hoffman]

Never, never, never, ever burn poison ivy. The urushiol vapor
can get into your eyes, nose, lungs (which CAN kill you).
Doesn't matter how the wind is blowing, someone else not
directly involved in the burn can become exposed. When in my teens
my dad and I were clearing brush and were very careful about
not burning PI, but some must have snuck in. I wound up with PI
under my eyelids. Four weeks of absolute misery. you can't
imagine the pain. Back then there was no real treatment
for ocular PI. I had black eyes for over a month.

Please don't burn it, chip it, shred it. Wait until it is thoroughly
dry after cutting and then bury it. The oil is still an irritant even
after the plant is dead.

Bill

 

[montyhp]

First time I mowed the back field, I ended up with poison ivy head to toe.

Then I got goats. No more poison ivy!