120-Poison Ivy: What You Need to Know to Minimize Its Impact on You and Your Landscape
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Joe Lamp'l
4.7 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 5 September 2019
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
Many years ago, I had just bought my first home and, as you might expect, was really excited to get out into the garden and make it my own. The backyard was overgrown with English ivy, so I spent an entire day pruning it back and hauling armloads off the property. Around midnight that evening, I was miserable. I had been so eager to transform my landscape, I hadn’t even noticed the poison ivy tangled in with the English ivy - until hours later when my whole body was covered by a severe reaction.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to the Joe Gardner Show, the podcast all about gardening, where we cover |
| 0:08.8 | everything you need to know to grow like a pro, no experience required. |
| 0:13.2 | And now here's your guide, National Gardening Television Host, and the Joe Behind Joe Gardner, |
| 0:18.6 | Joe Lample. |
| 0:19.6 | Hi everybody, it's Joe Lample, the Joe Behind Joe Gardner, and welcome to the Joe Gardner |
| 0:23.8 | Show. |
| 0:24.8 | Today, we're talking about a topic that will relate to more people than likely any other |
| 0:28.9 | topic we've ever addressed on this podcast. |
| 0:32.0 | Statistically, about 80% of you should pay close attention to this one. |
| 0:36.8 | While the other 20%, well, you'll likely find this conversation quite interesting at |
| 0:41.0 | the very least. |
| 0:42.4 | And ironically, what we're discussing today has nothing to do with the plant that we |
| 0:46.6 | look to grow or add to our landscape on purpose. |
| 0:49.8 | In fact, for the 80% of this audience, we'll do everything we can to get it out of our |
| 0:54.4 | gardens and landscapes. |
| 0:55.8 | And yet, we usually can't get close to it for fear of breaking out into a miserable rash |
| 1:00.1 | that lasts for days. |
| 1:01.8 | Have you figured out what I'm talking about yet? |
| 1:03.6 | Yes, of course, it's poison ivy. |
| 1:05.9 | Now, as you know, when I want to go deep on a topic, I try to find a top expert in the |
| 1:10.4 | field, and today is no exception to that. |
| 1:12.7 | In fact, we have two. |
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