Weed I.D. and Eradication Advice Needed - Vancouver, WA
Joe Duffer
8 years ago
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Comments (30)Ortho Brush-B-Gone is a good product. Many have talked about how to avoid a rash. Here is good advice from the FDA - http://www.fda.gov/fdac/features/796_ivy.html: Because urushiol can penetrate the skin within minutes, there's no time to waste if you know you've been exposed. "The earlier you cleanse the skin, the greater the chance that you can remove the urushiol before it gets attached to the skin," says Hon-Sum Ko, M.D., an allergist and immunologist with FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research. Cleansing may not stop the initial outbreak of the rash if more than 10 minutes has elapsed, but it can help prevent further spread. If you've been exposed to poison ivy, oak or sumac, if possible, stay outdoors until you complete the first two steps: * First, Epstein says, cleanse exposed skin with generous amounts of isopropyl (rubbing) alcohol. (Don't return to the woods or yard the same day. Alcohol removes your skin's protection along with the urushiol and any new contact will cause the urushiol to penetrate twice as fast.) * Second, wash skin with water. (Water temperature does not matter; if you're outside, it's likely only cold water will be available.) * Third, take a regular shower with soap and warm water. Do not use soap before this point because "soap will tend to pick up some of the urushiol from the surface of the skin and move it around," says Epstein. * Clothes, shoes, tools, and anything else that may have been in contact with the urushiol should be wiped off with alcohol and water. Be sure to wear gloves or otherwise cover your hands while doing this and then discard the hand covering....See MoreWhat are you eradicating this year?
Comments (63)Most of what I'm doing is not exactly eradication, it's more trying to control rampant growth. I'm trying to limit Virginia creeper and meadow phlox to a reasonable section of the garden. Virginia creeper is fine in the woodier areas, but not everywhere where it can trip unwary passersby (and me) and smother other plants. Meadow phlox too is wonderful in bloom and the hummingbirds love it but the roots become deep and broad and woe to other more modest plants in its vicinity. A byproduct of this selective removal came yesterday when I started pulling out the meadow phlox under a rose where I was trying to establish some new daylilies. Mixed in with the phlox were were some plants with tiny white flowers that I'd never seen before. I left them there thinking they were native but I checked the Connecticut Botanical Society's Wildflower site and I think they were the very invasive Garlic Mustard which I've never seen before. I say were because I watered them this morning and then carefully pulled them all out along with their roots. I put them in a bag along with the poison ivy seedling I found the day before. Like PM2 I use the pooper-scooper technique of grabbing the poison ivy plant with the plastic bag on the hand and then inverting the bag to cover the plant, which gets inserted in another bag and sent to the trash. Claire...See MoreEradicating Salmonberry and Hardhack
Comments (14)I have had success with some kinds of plants and trees cutting them down close to the ground and just painting the cut surface with brush killer. This is a minimal amount of pesticide put into the environment, and can work well on some plants. Himalayan Blackberries are usually just set back a season then manage to slowly come back but I've seen it kill some trees like Hazelnut that would watersprout forever after being cut down. I have also stopped the nasty grasses from coming back in one ditch by planting a wild mint. Of course this is a horror to remove in itself but my ditch has water in winter and most shrubs grow only on the slope above the ditch, not in the ditch itself. The mint is well adapted there and has purple flowers that bees like. I have planted a mixture of St. John's Wort (not the wild one)- yellow flowers, Geranium macrorrhizum- pink flowers, and groundcover comfrey- Symphytum iberis- flowers turning pink, blue and white, on part of the bank which have filled in, require no care, and I now have much reduced weed whacking to do, which was done by me since I am the gardener in the family- you are lucky to have a husband who will do it for you. I also tried planting Cotonester horizontalis, which has spread nicely but doesn't have quite thick enough cover and I still have blackberries and thimbleberries coming up through them. I have also had a problem with deer eating my one Cornus alba. Interplanting it with the other things might be a good solution as it wouldn't be the only thing there for the deer to eat. I have a hedge of rugosa roses at the top of the bank, which are now over 6' tall and have edible rose hips. I was behind them weeding and heard neighbors discussing what they were down on the street. They were guessing cherries. I said "They are rose hips!" and they said, "A talking bush!"...See MoreSan Juan Islands WA trip advice?
Comments (10)We've been out there twice in the summer and it's not been crowded. The first time we were there we were doing a trip along the coast eventually leading to a wedding in the wine country outside San Francisco. We flew into Seattle and stayed at the Inn at the Market which is a really nice boutique hotel up the street from Pike Place Market. They have a rooftop deck where you can bring your drinks and watch the ferries come in and out. I highly recommend that hotel. It's within walking distance to restaurants too. We only did an overnight at Friday Harbor and stayed in a Bed and Breakfast which I didn't care for because it was in a private home and the owners were on hand. We went on a whale watch and saw orcas which was fun. I love the ferry system in Washington and we were able to take our rental car everywhere. I think on that trip we just went to Friday Harbor before turning around and going back along the coast to CA. A couple of years ago we were out there again for a wedding near Bellingham, WA. This time we flew into Seattle again and since we arrived late and were skipping Seattle this time, we stayed at a hotel across from the airport. The hotel had a van that picked us up at the airport and the next morning took us to the rental car place down the road. It's cheaper if you pick up your car outside the airport so we did that this time. I think from there we went to Port Townsend so my husband could see the Wooden Boat School. We stayed in a cottage belonging to a B&B and that was nice and private. I remember spending a couple of days hopping on ferries and I think they're was another town we stayed in overnight to catch a ferry the next morning. I forget the name of it though. We had reservations for the ferries because we wanted to be sure there was room for our car. We also went to Victoria and stayed in a beautiful Inn ( Prior House Inn )outside of town. We stayed in the room with the king bed in the Hobbit Garden Studios with our own entrance which was really nice. Their garden was absolutely beautiful. The breakfasts were nice and we really loved staying there. From there we went to Vancouver and stayed downtown at the Wedgewood Hotel. The hotel and the restaurant attached were very nice, but I've learned since that the beautiful part of Vancouver with spectacular scenery is at the northern end. Next time. We did have a long wait getting through the checkpoint back into the states from there....See MoreJoe Duffer
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