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How the devil does a person get poison ivy in November?!

Because I got it. There isn't anything growing or even gasping at life anymore now that it's freakin cold in Southern Indiana, for crying out loud!

That's it, the garden gloves are officially off. I am going to bomb my postage stamp sized yard with ivy killer in February. Neighbor can whine and cry all she wants, I'm killing anything ivy-like thats green and creeping into my lick'em stick'em yard.
One Mean, Green-Eyed Fitch.
I seem to recall something about using rubbing alcohol to get rid of poison ivy.
Are you sure it's poison ivy? Mango skins have the same allergen, urushiol, and people who've had poison ivy before are particularly susceptible to it...
marinedalek wrote:Are you sure it's poison ivy? Mango skins have the same allergen, urushiol, and people who've had poison ivy before are particularly susceptible to it...

Now, that's a piece of information I did not know. However, as varied as my fruits & veggies are in my diet, I have not gotten anywhere near a mango. An avacado, yes. But no mango. Interestingly (oK, to me at least), tomatoes do not have a negative effect on me but the tomato plant touching my skin will turn my skin yellow green and break me out in hives. In spring, summer, and early fall, I'm literally surrounded with 30 tomato plants in my garden and when I'm done pulling them I immediately take a shower or I look like a failed science experiment!
One Mean, Green-Eyed Fitch.
I think that secretly means you are a tomato plant, one that escaped the garden, and they're trying to bring you back into the fold :wink:
Chandler wrote:I think that secretly means you are a tomato plant, one that escaped the garden, and they're trying to bring you back into the fold :wink:

Hahahahaaaaa!!!!

Gives a whole new visual to Attack of the Killer Toamtoes. Question is: Which one is the killer tomato, them or I? Lol!

Truly, if I were a plant, I'd have to go with a sweet potato. They climb when they can but are generally low to the ground, make lovely purple and white flowers and stay green the longest of all garden plants, and when they create their vegetable tuber.. the spud is generally so darn undeniably creative (think huge, weird shaped, or sometimes odd colors) and sweet! Yes, I'm a yam!
One Mean, Green-Eyed Fitch.
I know it's popular in the south, but I didn't grow up with sweet potatoes, so I hate the taste. No, that's not quite right. Actually, I hate the texture.... yech :P
Interesting concept of liking a taste but not the texture of the food. Tanner is a bit like that about coconuts. Loves real fresh coconut (in food or drinks as in cut open 2 minutes ago), but anything else he gets dry heaves. Weird to me, but whatever. What's really odd about it, he loves tropical locations and, if he had his way, he'd live in Key West or Hawaii permanently. Which is loaded with tropical fruits.. mostly coconuts!

Methinks some people simply like to happily torture themselves.

Good thing he's stuck in E'ville Indiana!
One Mean, Green-Eyed Fitch.