Re: [Community_garden] how to deal with poison ivy

2008-01-07 Thread grow19
in combination with technu, i use DOMEBORO (a powder mixed into a paste similar in texture to baking soda paste). it is a painless astringent and works wonders! it is available 'over the counter' at most drug strores. was recommended to me some years ago when i had a very bad case of PI judy tige

Re: [Community_garden] how to deal with poison ivy

2008-01-07 Thread Beth Ann Beamer
nt: Monday, January 07, 2008 11:08 AM To: Nadel-Klein, Jane H; Mike McGrath; community_garden@list.communitygarden.org; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Community_garden] how to deal with poison ivy My family doc, after years of treating my February tangles with PI, told me to douse exposed areas

Re: [Community_garden] how to deal with poison ivy

2008-01-07 Thread Gwenne Hayes-Stewart
H [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 07, 2008 9:18 AM To: Mike McGrath; community_garden@list.communitygarden.org; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Community_garden] how to deal with poison ivy My husband and I have been using the post-contact product Tecnu for years (available at

Re: [Community_garden] how to deal with poison ivy

2008-01-07 Thread Nadel-Klein, Jane H
@list.communitygarden.org; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Community_garden] how to deal with poison ivy Ha! Dr. Epstein was the premier source for my poison ivy articles. I met him back in '85, and he gave me one of the first test cans of Ivy-Block fresh from the factory (it was an aerosol spray back then

Re: [Community_garden] how to deal with poison ivy

2008-01-05 Thread Mike McGrath
rid of the stuff without any skin exposure. Keep on Scratching! - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2008 1:35 AM Subject: Re: [Community_garden] how to deal with poison ivy > The postexposure e

Re: [Community_garden] how to deal with poison ivy

2008-01-04 Thread yarrow
The postexposure external-alcohol-flush protocol was developed by poison-oak expert and dermatology professor William L. Epstein, MD. One of his research interests was occupational poison oak/ivy dermatitis (he died in 2006). Here's an excerpt from an FDA newsletter: < If you've been exposed t

Re: [Community_garden] how to deal with poison ivy

2008-01-03 Thread yarrow
Here's a column I wrote a couple years ago about avoiding it if you have to work in areas that have poison oak or ivy. Even the bare twigs can cause a reaction, so it may be safer to work on it after it starts leafing out. Living with Poison Oak By Tanya Kucak One of California's most beauti

Re: [Community_garden] how to deal with poison ivy

2008-01-03 Thread Ken Hargesheimer
The following are great websites. http://invisiblegardener.com/ and www.dirtdoctor.com Ken Hargesheimer -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.communitygarden.org/pipermail/community_garden_list.communitygarden.org/attachments/20080103/0af031

Re: [Community_garden] how to deal with poison ivy

2008-01-03 Thread Fred Conrad
just ask the gardeners to not climb the trees. That's my two cents. fgc -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kuberek, Morgen Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2008 4:15 PM To: community_garden@list.communitygarden.org Subject: [Community_garde

[Community_garden] how to deal with poison ivy

2008-01-02 Thread Kuberek, Morgen
Hi there- I'm a fairly new member of the listserv and haven't posted anything before, but am always inspired by the amount of activity generated here. I have a question about poison ivy that some of you may be able to answer. As part of my job, I've been assigned to develop a community greensp