What did you do in the garden today?

[WthrLady]

Looks like it'soff to play a roundof footie!

I had to look the assassin up since not very familiar, and none in my area as far as I know.
Saw this and first thing that came to my mind..

Spoiler: Looks like

He is playing with a soccer ball

 

[LittleMissCountry]

whatever is in the front looks like it has legs ? is that eating it ?

Probably. They eat other insects. Yucky, isn't it? I didn't take that picture. It was a stock photo off the internet.

 

[LittleMissCountry]

Apparently when I was blackberry picking the other day, I got into something and have a terrible itchy rash on my arms and neck. I was wearing shortsleeves and jeans so those areas were exposed. My face doesn't have it yet. I don't know what it is, since my kids don't have it. I thought maybe a reaction to the bug spray, since I used a new kind with Picaridin. I looked it up and it said it is less likely than Deet to cause allergic reactions and there was only one documented case of a reaction. So either I will be the second, or it was some plant.
It does not look like poison ivy, but itches worse than I have ever felt in my life! I have been popping benedryl every four hours, and it is barely taking the edge off. I am calling the doctor tomorrow if it hasn't gotten any better.
I didn't get anything done outside, because the heat makes the rash worse.

 

[LittleMissCountry]

Yes I noticed that. I’m not too concerned since the symptoms don’t show up for years and I’m already old so I’ll likely be one foot in the grave by then. I also have primo healthcare.

I was bitten as a teen and never had anything come of it. I think it is probably like lyme disease or rocky mountain spotted fever with ticks...some are carriers and some are not.

 

[pennyJo1960]

I would be cautious do you have calamine lotion ?

 

[LittleMissCountry]

I would be cautious do you have calamine lotion ?

Nope, but I have been using cortizone cream for now. The rash isn't weepy and no blisters.

 

[pennyJo1960]

cannot think of much else that might help funny calamine was my folks go to for me I was always getting into stuff

 

[LittleMissCountry]

cannot think of much else that might help funny calamine was my folks go to for me I was always getting into stuff

I was in the woods all the time as a kid and never once got poison ivy. I know I walked through it all the time. The only time I got it was as an adult, when pregnant, from it being on my husband's clothing.
I do remember calamine being used for bee/wasp stings.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Found out in college in Nebraska my cousin at 12 drove me to the hospital as I went down eyes rolled back he said he thought I was dead after several wasps stung me

 

[MissChick@dee]

I found caterpillars on my tomatoes. I really wanted to avoid using chemicals unless absolutely necessary.

For those of you that do organic gardening, what do you use?

I get a twisted satisfaction using needle nose pliers.
Little ones I pick for the girls.