Kirbinator
Regular Member
I was mowing lawns at that age. And I can tell you people would tell me if there was something not to their liking or if they wanted something done differently. This is a good time to help teach him.
Now if I can find some 12 year old sucker to mow my yard and get rid of this poison ivy I got. Bloody vines on the trees out back are the size of quarters and growing up the trees like trees themselves. And brush killer just makes them angry.
Try using bullets or a hatchet. What we always did was to chop out an inch of the offending vine and wait for it to dry up/out and start falling off. All the same, the oils that itch in poison ivy are essential oils of the wood, and will remain. Use care to prevent inhalation during shredding or burning.
I've learned a few things over the years the hard way. Two of those are poison ivy and battery acid. Modern battery acid is dilute, but I have learned to notice when my hands start itching after handling batteries or other possibly contaminated materials and respond with washing my hands immediately in a basic solution and/or water. Poison ivy is something that I become aware of in the same fashion, so my response is to watch my hands with a degreasing soap, like GoJo or Dawn or a degreaser (TCE, Brake Cleaner, Alcohol), then follow with ordinary soap.
The smart thing to do after that is to apply some hand lotion, because your hands are extremely dry after a wash in alcohol or TCE.
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