After a recent time of working in my yard, I came down with multiple spots of poison ivy. I believe it to be from dried vines and not from green leaves.
Not always a good idea to work nude.
Respuestas
- AU
Sep 8, 2014Presumably could have also happened to a textile. Thank goodness that is one garden feature that we do not share
ReaccionarResponder - CH
Sep 9, 2014Last year I got poison ivy on my wrist - would have gotten it even if I was clothed. I did buy longer gloves to pull out vines this year. Even the poison ivy killer didn't work.
ReaccionarResponder - DA
Sep 9, 2014Mine was actually transferred from our dog who had gotten into it then rested against my thigh. - Could easily have happened wearing shorts too but clothes do help.
ReaccionarResponder - OL
Sep 9, 2014[quote]Presumably could have also happened to a textile. Thank goodness that is one garden feature that we do not share[/quote]I'm so pleased we don't have it either. The worst here is nettles and thorns. Nettle stings soon wear off and thorns will scratch through clothing. So - no reason to dress for my gardening.ReaccionarResponder - RI
Sep 9, 2014At least, I would wear shoes, gloves, and a hat. However, there is a place for clothes while doing a heavy job in the yard or working with plants with thorns.
ReaccionarResponder - MIMiembroAutor originalSep 9, 2014
Hope I haven't discouraged anyone from working naked in their garden. Just some parts of outside work may need to be done protected. I was lucky I didn't get the poison ivy in certain places on my body which would have been far more uncomfortable. Just be aware of potential dangers when working naked.ReaccionarResponder - TO
Sep 28, 2014Poison ivy is never fun. But it is definitely not just a nude gardeners hazard because that oil gets on anything. I always go with " leaves of three, let it be" I just try to be careful when working around the plant and vines. Funny story I have a wooded patch on the side of my property that I work nude in often, but the one time I wore clothes to cut up some branches I got poison ivy. Must be an omen. Stay nude my friends.
ReaccionarResponder - MIMiembroAutor originalSep 28, 2014[quote]Funny story I have a wooded patch on the side of my property that I work nude in often, but the one time I wore clothes to cut up some branches I got poison ivy. Must be an omen.[/quote]I have had people swear that if you wash within 15 mins of touching poison ivy, you won't get it. I have tried to follow that suggestion. The one time I got it recently was when I had been washing every few minutes, but I got it above my elbows. I had been only washing up to my elbows!ReaccionarResponder
- OLSep 28, 2014I once cut out the dead bit in the centre of an old yew tree in my garden. I disturbed a wasp's nest. This is a time when it might have been better to be nude. The wasps got inside my clothes and stung me. I had to rush indoors and strip off.ReaccionarResponder
- SE
Sep 29, 2014[quote]If you can find Zanfel it is expensive but it really works if you do get it. [/quote]ReaccionarResponder - SESep 29, 2014[quote]Here is the web site for Zanfel. I have always gotten it and this stuff offers some of the best relief to me.http://www.zanfel.com/help/[/quote]ReaccionarResponder
- MIMiembroSep 29, 2014
- For me, I dress to protect myself. So the most I'll wear is heavy shoes, long pants, long sleeve shirt, leather gloves, goggles and hat ;) the least I can get away with in our neighborhood is shorts. It would be nice though to just walk off the back porch to pick a tomato and not get dressed first.
ReaccionarResponder - For me, I dress to protect myself. So the most I'll wear is heavy shoes, long pants, long sleeve shirt, leather gloves, goggles and hat ;) the least I can get away with in our neighborhood is shorts. It would be nice though to just walk off the back porch to pick a tomato and not get dressed first.
- MIMiembroAutor originalOct 27, 2014[quote]We have poison oak out here in So Cal and I've had it many a time when fighting wildland fires. I am careful when hiking that I look for certain foliage that could be harmful but I truly haven't done that much naked hiking and that that I have done has been in the desert on well maintained trails with little to no foliage around.[/quote]
Be careful around it when it is burning. I have heard that getting in the smoke of burning poisonous plants can give you a reaction deep in your lungs from breathing in the urushiol which has gone into the smoke.
https://www.teclabsinc.com/tips-info/facts-fiction/poison-ivy-and-oak-guide/is-it-possible-to-get-a-rash-by-breathing-the-smoke-of-burning-poison-oak-or-poison-ivy-plantsReaccionarResponder - MIMiembroOct 27, 2014
We have lots of raspberry bushes here that are very prickly but the big problem is stinging nettles. The merest brush of a leave is enough to give you a real sting. The good news is that it dissipates pretty fast. I've learned in my years of gardening nude is that you just need to be more careful.
ReaccionarResponder - EM
Oct 27, 2014Yea, Pacific northwest blackberries can have thorns an inch long and nettles are nasty to brush up against. Better than poison ivy or poison oak.ReaccionarResponder - OU
Jan 14, 2015Weedeaters are off limits for me. One time I missed a spot of grass and thought I could go ahead and fire up the weedeater and take care of it....Hmm.. not a good idea. flying rocks. ouch !!ReaccionarResponder - NA
Jan 14, 2015Since we moved in the new house I've started mowing in the nude. Surprised the missus one day when she got home for work and I was on the riding lawn mower naked. She was jealous. As for the weed eating the yard is still to new and there are to many stickers. Have to go with pants on that.ReaccionarResponder