One of the sure signs of spring seems to be a poison ivy rash breaking out on my forearms. The previous occupants of our house left us a good deal of poison ivy climbing various trees and now that Meg is more mobile and wanting to play in the backyard, I'm having to dig it out. One of the more majestic specimens of the toxic weed was climbing my tulip poplar. The vine, though cut and dead, still measured over 1" in diameter. I pulled enough of it away from the tree that even I couldn't touch the bottom of the vine, then dug the decaying root out away from the tree. I took reasonable safety precautions, but I'm still breaking out on my left arm.
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