I have done pretty well, on this test (my wife showed it to me, last year).
We grow poison ivy as a cash crop, around here. You learn to recognize it.
We grow poison ivy as a cash crop, around here. You learn to recognize it.
It is everywhere. I once did a photo essay of a local abandoned insane asylum. Some of the buildings are covered with poison ivy, like English ivy (often, both).
Looks pretty in the fall, though.
ProTip: Don't burn it.
What happens when you do? Toxic?
I know a couple of landscapers that ended up in the hospital, because a few strands of poison ivy ended up in some brush they were burning (which they shouldn't have been, anyway).
Also if you buy firewood, give it a once-over before tossing it into your firepit, fireplace, or campfire.
I know someone who had an older relative who did this back in the 1950s — they did a bunch of yard work, and figured they’d burn the waste. It turned out that this was a popular laundry day in the neighborhood when most houses had things drying on the line. After the third or fourth neighbor mentioned the mysterious rash, they realized what they’d done but wisely kept the secret for years.
Use shears and/or high concentrate vinegar. And if you are sensitive, find a friend that isn't.