A Pleasant Surprise

[Jimbo]

About the Scots getting PI bad, my father's got Scottish blood. One summer he was working landscaping on the Cape and got it so bad the only thing that eased the pain and discomfort was a cortesone shot and taking an old rocking chair down into Bass River and sitting up to his neck in the cool salt water.

[chrisjoe13]

Poison ivy (and bittersweet) are the work of the devil.

[Raven]

our lot down the cape had so much poison ivy on it that it was literally
entrenched forever and unstop-able....
so what did we do....?

we built a 3 foot high wall of stone all the way around it and then laid down a type of landscape mat that allowed for drainage and then we back filled the whole place with 3 feet deep worth of fill to win the war.

for here....
with the Yard semi under control i now have just the garden area (HUGE) to contend with so tonight i bought a more specialized for poison ivy type of Round up that was more expensive at $ 22.50 per gallon .

But for living next to saltwater...........
i used to get in the Ocean water over and over and then sit on the beach every twenty five minutes or so until i was completely dry and I did that from sun up until it was dark allowing the SALT to work it's magic
which at the time was the only way to make it go away

[Higgie]

The soaps work much better if you wash with cold water because warm/hot water open up the pores in your skin allowing more absorption.

[Raven]

but i still LOST the BATTLE yelling-> (FUDGE) you know
->>what word i mean

and i am miserable (on a physical level)
unfortunately
I was clearing an 11' x 22' area that was infested with P.I>

and I got impregnated with P.I. oil (man i hate this plant)
my arms that had JUST finally cleared up are now all itchy as hell

wishing the ocean temperatures were allot warmer right now.
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I am going on a pure WHEY protein and carrot juice diet for the next few DAYS to "clean out " and mega dose vitamins too.
plus drink lemonade 80 degrees tomorrow
to clean out the LIVER