[Community_garden] how NOT to deal with poison ivy

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Hi, Folks!

Mike is a wimp -- bow saw, my eye!  We go after those poison ivy vines on
the trees with a machete!

Of course, my husband, the macheter, is immune to poison ivy -- people
almost think I'm serious when I say that's why I married him! ;-)
(Actually, I didn't know until after we'd been married a few months, but if
I HAD known, it would have definitely weighed in his favor! ;-D)

What do you think about Balsam (Impatiens Balsamina) as a "cure plant",
Mike?  Personally, I love the flowers and look for every excuse to
plant/reseed, but I've had my volunteers slice the stem and rub it anywhere
they think they have been exposed to poison ivy.  I thought it worked, but
maybe it was just the stem being so juicy.

Dorene

Dorene Pasekoff, Coordinator
St. John's United Church of Christ Organic Community Garden and Labyrinth

A mission of 
St. John's United Church of Christ, 315 Gay Street, Phoenixville, PA  19460