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Apr. 24th, 2011 01:09 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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My awesome friend Alex helps with our yard work.
My neighbor told me that one of the previous owners of the house deliberately planted poison ivy in the yard, because he didn't like kids. I haven't found any yet, but I have the tell-tale rash on my forearm, the top of my foot, and scattered about my body. I assume I came in contact with old PI roots while working on the unending Japanese knotweed removal project.
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Date: 2011-04-24 07:08 pm (UTC)clearly cala gel is great stuff for that poison ivy. i've gotten some already from running around the edge boundaries that i won't be able to pass through once the plants come back. the price to pay i guess for ease of access.
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Date: 2011-04-25 09:48 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-04-25 01:39 am (UTC)And I can attest that Poison ivy roots are the most toxic part of the plant to encounter.
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Date: 2011-04-25 04:32 pm (UTC)Also, planting PI because they didn't like kids seems excessively jerky.
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Date: 2011-04-25 10:53 pm (UTC)well, simple really... i pick shoot ideally under 8 inches tall, and as thin as possible - pencil thin is ideal, but beyond 2 cm across they get tougher and more bitter (though sometimes the inner mush is more plentiful, so you scrape it out).
i wash them and scraped the outsides a little with a paring knife to remove anything rough, esp leaves and bugs :) 2-3 minutes in the microwave, usually with water for steam and black pepper. going to try peanut oil or something stirfry soon.
google is friend. basically anything you can use rhubarb for, you can use this. yeah, i'm one of those guys that like to eat rhubarb raw, off the stalk, so the taste of knotwood for me is lovely.
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Date: 2011-04-26 05:20 am (UTC)