telegraph springs: Poison ivy

Saturday, April 24, 2010

Our woods and the yard near it are peppered with beautiful, shiny red poison ivy.
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At April 24, 2010 at 3:08 PM , Dad/Opa said...: How do you plan to tackle this "elimination" project?
At April 24, 2010 at 3:08 PM , martha said...: Innocent looking things. How do you get rid of the stuff safely? Like when you were clearing out the woods what did you do about the PI vines around the trees?
At April 24, 2010 at 5:12 PM , ben said...: Were you both purposefully on the blog at the same time, or was it just coincidence that you both asked the same question at 3:08pm?!

I've been cutting the poison ivy vines that are wrapped around trees with the chainsaw to keep it from growing more (and then putting all my clothes in the wash as soon as I get inside!). For the stuff growing in the lawn I plan on purchasing bulk herbicide and spot spraying. We've never had this much on previous properties, so it'll be somewhat of an experiment to see how well it works and if it's sustainable.
At April 28, 2010 at 11:34 PM , Dad said...: We were both sitting in the living room reading blogs. I posted my question, then commented to mom on your poison ivy pic. She said she was asking you a question about it. But we hadn't talked about it beforehand.