Da_Gut / is on Nostr

Computer geek! Over 50, Comics, nature, TTRPGs, superheroes, and stuff! I just moved to Maine.
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Pronouns: He/Him
Location: Maine/USA/Eastern Time Zone
Website: https://www.therichardlyon.me/about-me-2/

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2024-06-20 07:14:38

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I need to prowl your feed at some point to scope the drama, it looks like! Keep the thick skin please!

2024-06-10 00:08:30

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Don't compost it. The active ingredient is stable for a long time (over a year). So you'll have poison ivy active compost, unless you believe in *very* well aged compost.
Either bag it and dump it into the garbage, or put it into an isolated spot in the woods - not somewhere a kid or a dog is likely to be interested in.
It's not dangerous per se - except in rare highly specific instances - but its unpleasant as hell.

2024-06-07 03:18:25

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Nah, just wear long sleave shirts, tape your britches etc. Then strip by the washing machine and wash the clothes twice over, with all the extra rinses and the like turned on. Jump in the shower while the clothes are washing.
My wife is allergic to poison ivy, above and beyond the normal reaction. So I take a zero toleration policy toward the stuff. Which is something of a shame. Wildlife love it.

2024-06-07 03:14:49

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Poison ivy is a different beast. I've cleared lots of it myself (and some not small amount of kudzu).
Poison Ivy is much like the video says. The bit that people react to is incredibly stable though, and will last many months on utensils and the like. And don't burn it. Breathing the smoke from burning poison ivy could put you in the hospital. It did my mother in law.

2024-06-07 01:44:38

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Keep it up! English Ivy first crawls, then walks, then gallops, Yours is in the galloping stage. When you get enough beaten back, it will get easier and easier.
I'm not sure how well English Ivy tolerates mowing or weed eating, but that's worth looking at. Kudzu has a low toleration for both - with luck, English Ivy will be the same.

2024-04-17 02:26:27

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Even easier would be to do like I do - I don't use the Start Menu hardly at all.