No good deed ever goes unpunished!!! - Part II 😜

[susan6sw]

Thank you very much for the warning - i already had the gas torch in my hands! Fortunately it was too wet here this week and in the meantime i read about the effects of inhaling Urushiol. Did not know that this stuff is so dangerous!

O M G !!! - Being fully covered in that stuff must have been hell on earth. Added to the fact that everybody in the camp knew exactly what they have done in the woods…
You had to tie them down to prevent them from scratching away their skin, did you?

No we just looked the other way and sent them to the hospital camp down the road.

 

[NatJ]

Oh and by the way here are some pictures from the plant of evil.

I'm not seeing the photos in that post, and I only see three of the five in the one with the sun sail. Not sure why some are working and not others

 

[Chickstarrs]

I'm not seeing the photos in that post, and I only see three of the five in the one with the sun sail. Not sure why some are working and not others

I can't see them either.

 

[Three Little Bunnies]

Hmm... I have never been in poison ivy, but I am visiting Florida, and I have around fifty bites from no-see-ums. Not pleasant. The only thing that helps is cortisone cream and Claritin, which I take for allergies. I scratch myself until I bleed and can’t leave the scabs alone, but I’m pretty sure I would get some weird looks if I put bandaids on all of them. I don’t have that many bandaids, for one. Oh wait, I wouldn’t get any weird looks. I can’t go anywhere. COVID.

 

[Beaglegal]

Your husband is right! - Compared to what you find here, nature in Europe is child's stuff:

• Many kinds of poisonous snakes, with rattlesnakes being my personal worst. Never got bitten, but came close to it several times while i lived in Texas
• Cougars, Coyotes, Wolfes, Brown-, Black and Grizzly bears who all would not hesitate to eat you alive
• Dangerous insects like scorpions and (my personal enemy #1) fire ants. I still have the scars from them on my legs after 12 years.
• Poisonous plants like ivy, oak, sumach and whatever else i don't know (yet)

There is nothing like that in Europe, just one mildly poisonous snake and plants are only dangerous when eaten. Well the Wolf is coming back from the east…

As said, i knew about poison ivy, but not the details. There is an article called »Urushiol-induced contact dermatitis« to which is linked from the article about Poison Ivy and only there one can find a hint about the delayed development of the rash and the itch, see 2. Cause: »For people who have never been exposed or are not yet allergic to urushiol, it may take 10 to 21 days for a reaction to occur the first time.« - Well i certainly have not been exposed before and i do hope that there won't be another reaction next weekend, when i hit the 21 day mark…

It was too wet here this week to destroy the plant, but this weekend... The spray-bottle with Glyphosate is waiting in my shed. I bought the really evil stuff from Monsanto! I will fence off the area to [protect the duckies and then have my satisfaction!

It’s a shame that a Round-up death is so slow to unfold. Maybe if it made a sizzling sound as it made contact with the leaves? I’m really feel like it needs to be more dramatic to get satisfaction after all that

 

[NatJ]

It’s a shame that a Round-up death is so slow to unfold.

I use boiling water on the weeds in my driveway. First they look cooked, then a few hours later they look dry and dead. Quite satisfying.

But it wouldn't be a good choice for a vine on a tree.

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

I'm not seeing the photos in that post, and I only see three of the five in the one with the sun sail. Not sure why some are working and not others

Soorry about that! - It seems that new albums are being created with the viewing permission of "Owner only". I just changed that to "Everybody".

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

I can't see them either.

Just fixed it! - Note to myself: Always test your posts in an incognito window if they contain pictures from a newly created album.

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

Hmm... I have never been in poison ivy, but I am visiting Florida, and I have around fifty bites from no-see-ums. Not pleasant. The only thing that helps is cortisone cream and Claritin, which I take for allergies. I scratch myself until I bleed and can’t leave the scabs alone, but I’m pretty sure I would get some weird looks if I put bandaids on all of them. I don’t have that many bandaids, for one. Oh wait, I wouldn’t get any weird looks. I can’t go anywhere. COVID.

Wait, if you can't go anywhere, how did you got these bites?

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

It’s a shame that a Round-up death is so slow to unfold. Maybe if it made a sizzling sound as it made contact with the leaves? I’m really feel like it needs to be more dramatic to get satisfaction after all that

You give me ideas! - I can get my hands on some liquid Nitrogen! It won't harm the tree through its thick bark, but the ivy would suffer heavy frostbite…