On Tue, 19 Aug 2003 18:36:36 GMT, Kim wrote:

Hi, I am posting for the first time here. I have read many of the
articles and this seems like a great newsgroup!!

I have searched the internet and I cannot figure out how to successfully
get rid of poison ivy from my yard. We live in a wooded area and are
just trying to beat the poison ivy back out of the gardens and out of the
lawn on the edges of the woods. I normally don't like to use chemicals,
but after a few nasty cases of blistering skin, I ran to get some Round
Up. That is very expensive and doesn't seem to work that great. I have
also covered up with latex and pulled out scads of vines, bagged them and
thrown them in the garbage, but that is a hazardous endeavor. Are there
any home remedies that people have used that work?

-kim


Poison ivy is very fond of wooded edges and that's where you will find
it. I have a friend (American Indian) who is non-allergic to PI and
will yank it out for the asking; otherwise I use RoundUp which is very
effective if applied per instructions. I might kill 15 small plants
per year on a half acre lot, but the first two years I used a lot of
RoundUp hunting the PI about every month. Seeds are brought in by
birds so your only hope is effective control.