Re: poison ivy and wasps

Chris,

A couple of weeks ago, I was dragging some old (3-4 + yrs.)  brush to the
chipper. I got poison ivy all over my arms. I'm still cussin' the guy we
hired that was supposed to separate the poison-ivy from the rest of the
brush when he cut it.

Sorry about the wasps. They can sure do a number on you. I let them live if
they're not in my way, or likely to be disturbed by the dogs. Otherwise, I
use the "shoots 20 feet" aerosol in the late evening when they're back in
the nest and it's too dark for them to come after me.

d



----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Chris@widom-assoc.com>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2005 1:03 PM
Subject: [CHAT] poison ivy and wasps


> Does anyone know if poison ivy vines that are sprayed with herbicide still
> have sap that is poisonous?  Does the intensity of the urushiol diminish
> with time?  I've got a spot in my mom's old garden, that I'm attempting to
> renovate, that has some small poison ivy  "bushes".  They will have to be
> dug out.  I was in there pulling today with plastic bags on my hands, but
> I've reached an impasse.  I threw my shoes and gloves right in the washing
> machine when I decided to quit.
>
> While I was working some ground nesting wasps or hornets stung me on the
> forehead.  My eye and head still hurt. They had built a paper nest under
> some stone on a low wall. What should I do to get rid of them?  I need to
be
> able to remove weeds overgrowing that area, or I'd just let them be.
>
> Chris Petersen
> Northport, NY
> Zone 7

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