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Good morning. Never got back to sleep between my last post and this one.

And a good morning to you, sir.

Good morning to you both.

Is it morning already? Too dang early! It would nice if the morning could start around 10 am, especially Monday mornings!

The rain has started falling in Charlotte. I hope this storm doesn't cause too much damage, but I am looking forward to the rain. Hopefully, it'll help loosen the soil so I can continue the Great Poison Ivy Extraction of 2010. We have about 30 feet of our backyard fence that is covered in the stuff. It's about four feet deep and in some places six feet tall, not to mention that it's crept up a tree about 30 feet in the air.

I spent about three hours yesterday, decked out in blue jeans, a long sleeve shirt and chemical gloves, cutting, pulling, and digging up roots. I got about 17 feet finished before a glove tore open. A couple of days of rain should make things a lot easier.

Miles wrote:The rain has started falling in Charlotte. I hope this storm doesn't cause too much damage, but I am looking forward to the rain. Hopefully, it'll help loosen the soil so I can continue the Great Poison Ivy Extraction of 2010. We have about 30 feet of our backyard fence that is covered in the stuff. It's about four feet deep and in some places six feet tall, not to mention that it's crept up a tree about 30 feet in the air.

I spent about three hours yesterday, decked out in blue jeans, a long sleeve shirt and chemical gloves, cutting, pulling, and digging up roots. I got about 17 feet finished before a glove tore open. A couple of days of rain should make things a lot easier.

Wouldn't a chemical attack, perhaps napalm or agent orange, be the most effective way to get rid of Poison Ivy?

I would use napalm against poison ivy.

OZZIE4DUKE wrote:

Miles wrote:The rain has started falling in Charlotte. I hope this storm doesn't cause too much damage, but I am looking forward to the rain. Hopefully, it'll help loosen the soil so I can continue the Great Poison Ivy Extraction of 2010. We have about 30 feet of our backyard fence that is covered in the stuff. It's about four feet deep and in some places six feet tall, not to mention that it's crept up a tree about 30 feet in the air.

I spent about three hours yesterday, decked out in blue jeans, a long sleeve shirt and chemical gloves, cutting, pulling, and digging up roots. I got about 17 feet finished before a glove tore open. A couple of days of rain should make things a lot easier.

Wouldn't a chemical attack, perhaps napalm or agent orange, be the most effective way to get rid of Poison Ivy?

Napalm or Agent Orange, yes. Common weed killers or herbicides will only take away foliage, they will not get rid of roots. Not to mention they're pretty harmful for the environment and we're less 40 yards from the greenway/creek. Kelly had someone come out and spray the poison ivy last year and it's come back with a vengeance.

Miles wrote:

OZZIE4DUKE wrote:

Miles wrote:The rain has started falling in Charlotte. I hope this storm doesn't cause too much damage, but I am looking forward to the rain. Hopefully, it'll help loosen the soil so I can continue the Great Poison Ivy Extraction of 2010. We have about 30 feet of our backyard fence that is covered in the stuff. It's about four feet deep and in some places six feet tall, not to mention that it's crept up a tree about 30 feet in the air.

I spent about three hours yesterday, decked out in blue jeans, a long sleeve shirt and chemical gloves, cutting, pulling, and digging up roots. I got about 17 feet finished before a glove tore open. A couple of days of rain should make things a lot easier.

Wouldn't a chemical attack, perhaps napalm or agent orange, be the most effective way to get rid of Poison Ivy?

Napalm or Agent Orange, yes. Common weed killers or herbicides will only take away foliage, they will not get rid of roots. Not to mention they're pretty harmful for the environment and we're less 40 yards from the greenway/creek. Kelly had someone come out and spray the poison ivy last year and it's come back with a vengeance.

Does napalm burn hot enough to burn up the fumes? My in laws tried to burn poison ivy when my wife was a kid, and they all ended up with rashes in their nostrils and mouths and sinuses. Talk about miserable.

bjornolf wrote:

Miles wrote:

OZZIE4DUKE wrote: Wouldn't a chemical attack, perhaps napalm or agent orange, be the most effective way to get rid of Poison Ivy?

Napalm or Agent Orange, yes. Common weed killers or herbicides will only take away foliage, they will not get rid of roots. Not to mention they're pretty harmful for the environment and we're less 40 yards from the greenway/creek. Kelly had someone come out and spray the poison ivy last year and it's come back with a vengeance.

Does napalm burn hot enough to burn up the fumes? My in laws tried to burn poison ivy when my wife was a kid, and they all ended up with rashes in their nostrils and mouths and sinuses. Talk about miserable.

I think napalm would cause me other issues that might diminish the severity of inhaling urushiol. Your in-laws are lucky that severe rashes were the limit of their problems, inhaling burning poison ivy/oak/sumac is extremely dangerous and could leave to death.

Well this just sucks. We're looking at either $2500 or $1000 in damage due to the water incursion. Miles: hope you don't get what we got.

Lavabe wrote:Well this just sucks. We're looking at either $2500 or $1000 in damage due to the water incursion. Miles: hope you don't get what we got.

Sorry to hear that. It really does suck.

Lavabe wrote:Well this just sucks. We're looking at either $2500 or $1000 in damage due to the water incursion. Miles: hope you don't get what we got.

Sorry you have this to face.

Bud put the electric fence up around the garden today. It's the only way we can have a garden. The deer and rabbits would eat every thing if it wasn't for the fence.

Lavabe wrote:Well this just sucks. We're looking at either $2500 or $1000 in damage due to the water incursion. Miles: hope you don't get what we got.

Lavabe wrote:Well this just sucks. We're looking at either $2500 or $1000 in damage due to the water incursion. Miles: hope you don't get what we got.

You have a choice or is that a range? Whichever, it could have been much worse.

For no good reason...

devildeac wrote:For no good reason...

Has any post in this thread been made for a good reason?

colchar wrote:

devildeac wrote:For no good reason...

Has any post in this thread been made for a good reason?

Yes. This post is being made to prove a point, and that's a good reason. And point proven.

Lavabe wrote:Well this just sucks. We're looking at either $2500 or $1000 in damage due to the water incursion. Miles: hope you don't get what we got.

So far, so good. There's been a creepy air around town, but no real storm.

So sorry to hear about the damage. I hope there you can enjoy a speedy resolution and putt this behind you. Best wishes and all the vibes in the world.