And being the amazing husband I am I proceed to walk over to Sid tree and grab the 3 inch vine attached to our pine tree here in Michigan and with my bare hands and his T-shirt proceed to tear it completely down off the tree
As I’m sure some of you are already thinking, you already know what this means.
Now I’ve had exposure to poison ivy in the past and honestly, I had no idea that it grew to these giant vines like this and this particular vine, as it was spring, had no leaves growing from it near the top yet.
So I grabbed this giant vine that looked like it was something from the upside down on Stranger Things and yanked it only to find out that it is one of the most potent things that you can touch on a poison ivy plant.
13 days in and I am battling with one of the worst poison ivy rashes I’ve ever dealt with in my life and given them that I didn’t know it was poison ivy, and I wiped my hands on my face, my legs, my arms, my stomach I am in ansokute hell.
So now.. I’ve identified three trees with these giant vines and I want to completely destroy them (without burning of course)
My god man, I’ve never suffered like this in my life nor would I wish this pain on anyone.
please please please be careful out there.
Any removal tips would be great. Getting gloves, ducky tape, a tyvek suit, mask and bags