Hi Debbie,
I'd leave the Ivy on the tree too -- it is beautiful.
But I don't even want to tell what happened the day I
shimmied up the abandoned apple tree out in the lower yard
where we were renting a house. :) I think it was poison
summac.
June
Hi Barb,
Yes, I am very talented. :) The apple tree had some apples
and I knew what that was and the vine on it was not poison
ivy so I thought I was ok. Oooops. The vine was summac I
think. Much worse than ivy.
The basil (sunflower leaves) were chopped up, oil, garlic
salt & pepper added, tomatoes, sunflowers seeds (from a jar)
and it was tasty. (Gad, I'm such a peasant!)
Ah, but now, because I didn't quit, I grow real basil. All my
own.
Best,
June
01:06 PM 2/2/99 -0500, you wrote:
> June,
> You do have a rare talent. I like it. :) Shimmying up a sumac tree that
you think is an apple tree? Eating sunflower leaves - was that in a pesto?
- thinking that they were basil. What's next?
> My hat's off to you...sumac and apple leaves are just that much different.
> (But I bet that there was just a bit of poison ivy vining up that apple
trunk. Your secret is safe with me.
Hi Lee Ann,
Re: Scratching the poison ivy rash --
Sometimes scratching makes it worse. It "weeps" and spreads.
She should have known better. :)
Best,
June
> At least is was just legs and arms. When I was 19 I was at a picnic and
had to go to the bathroom....no bathroom around. I'll spare you the gory
details. I should have known better, being an avid wildflower addict! It
was embarrassing explaining to the very staid librarian I worked for back
then why I had to miss several days of work! She couldn't understand why I
didn't come to work and simply scratch the itch................;-)
Hi Lee Ann,
I think "mooning" would have been very aceptable. VBG
June
June,
You do have a rare talent. I like it. :) Shimmying up a sumac tree that
you think is an apple tree? Eating sunflower leaves - was that in a
pesto? - thinking that they were basil. What's next?
My hat's off to you...sumac and apple leaves are just that much different.
(But I bet that there was just a bit of poison ivy vining up that apple
trunk. Your secret is safe with me.
Barb in Southern Indiana Zone 5/6 dorsett@blueriver.net
A root is a flower that disdains fame.
I recall as a child riding into the mountains on a Sunday drive with my
parents and brother. My Dad noticed some middle aged women
....ummmm...going forest potty within sight of the road, and worse, they
were squatting in poison ivy. Chivalry left him with the first guffaw, and
he called our attention to the view. A few days later he talked to a
physician who was a bit mystified by these women with rashes on their butts
and vicinity. Not the types nor the times (probably '50s) to be fooling
around in the woods. Had it happened in the '70s, no surprise there.
Margaret L
The Canadians have a good website at: http://res.agr.ca/brd/poisivy/,
covering PI, poison sumac, and poison oak, with good photos in various
growth stages and forms, and a nice section on what's going on with
exposure and sensitization. http://res.agr.ca/brd/poisivy/occure.html
The company that makes Technu and Ivy Armor has a good website. I
understand from sensitized friends that these products work very well.
http://www.teclabsinc.com/index.html
I also understand that Technu removes capsaicin (from hot peppers) from
skin, which is very useful if you have contact lenses. .
For home first aid, there's good advice at http://www.uhs.uga.edu/ivy.html
Kay
Ouch--or is that ITCH?!
Debbie
> HI Debbie,
> It was the worst rash I ever had. On both legs and arms.
> I was slathered in pink stuff (Calamine lotion) for days.
> Good thing I didn't kiss the tree. :)
Although I don't usually recommend steroids, I do for poison ivy--I get a
terrible reaction and it just keeps breaking out all over once I have it in
even one small spot...
Debbie
At least is was just legs and arms. When I was 19 I was at a picnic
and had to go to the bathroom....no bathroom around. I'll spare you
the gory details. I should have known better, being an avid
wildflower addict! It was embarrassing explaining to the very staid
librarian I worked for back then why I had to miss several days of
work! She couldn't understand why I didn't come to work and simply
scratch the itch................;-)
Lee Ann
Lee Ann Reiners wrote:
When my son was in Germany he came home for a two week visit. He and my
brother went fishing. Well as there also are no bathrooms out in the
wooded area, he picked up a rash in a different place. The rest of his
leave was miserable. He had to finally give in and go to the doctor for
some steroids to help with the ivy rash.
My brother is one of those who is not yet sensitive to ivy. I pointed
some out to him once and before I knew it he grabbed it and crushed it
up in his hands. Then he laughed and said, I do it all the time to freak
people out. It doesn't bother me. I feel sorry for him if he ever
becomes desensitized or sensitized oh well, you know what I mean.
Maybe I should have demonstrated to her exactly _where_ I had the itch!!!
Lee Ann
She was already luny! 8-)
After my bad case of poison ivy I just mentioned, I was "immune" to it
for about 15 years. I could rip it out in fistfuls, run through it,
even use it for toilet paper if I'd so chosen!!! But then I lost
my immunity. His day will come, I fear...
Lee Ann
HAHAHA! LOL!!! Hey Lee Ann, you`ve had a really "amusing " experience! LOL!
Vlado
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Hi Debbie,
I'd leave the Ivy on the tree too -- it is beautiful.
But I don't even want to tell what happened the day I
shimmied up the abandoned apple tree out in the lower yard
where we were renting a house. :) I think it was poison
summac.
June
Hi Barb,
Yes, I am very talented. :) The apple tree had some apples
and I knew what that was and the vine on it was not poison
ivy so I thought I was ok. Oooops. The vine was summac I
think. Much worse than ivy.
The basil (sunflower leaves) were chopped up, oil, garlic
salt & pepper added, tomatoes, sunflowers seeds (from a jar)
and it was tasty. (Gad, I'm such a peasant!)
Ah, but now, because I didn't quit, I grow real basil. All my
own.
Best,
June
01:06 PM 2/2/99 -0500, you wrote:
> June,
> You do have a rare talent. I like it. :) Shimmying up a sumac tree that
you think is an apple tree? Eating sunflower leaves - was that in a pesto?
- thinking that they were basil. What's next?
> My hat's off to you...sumac and apple leaves are just that much different.
> (But I bet that there was just a bit of poison ivy vining up that apple
trunk. Your secret is safe with me.
HI Debbie,
It was the worst rash I ever had. On both legs and arms.
I was slathered in pink stuff (Calamine lotion) for days.
Good thing I didn't kiss the tree. :)
June
Hi Lee Ann,
Re: Scratching the poison ivy rash --
Sometimes scratching makes it worse. It "weeps" and spreads.
She should have known better. :)
Best,
June
> At least is was just legs and arms. When I was 19 I was at a picnic and
had to go to the bathroom....no bathroom around. I'll spare you the gory
details. I should have known better, being an avid wildflower addict! It
was embarrassing explaining to the very staid librarian I worked for back
then why I had to miss several days of work! She couldn't understand why I
didn't come to work and simply scratch the itch................;-)
Hi Lee Ann,
I think "mooning" would have been very aceptable. VBG
June
