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A Rash of Trouble - Page 3


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Berries of white, you'd better take flight!"

Should you care to have a look at this expression in several languages, here's the soon to be famous Poison Oak and Ivy Translation Projects' web site: http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~jparsons/le...

I like the Zuricher/German one, myself. Very colorful. And do take care in the woods. I'd hate to hear of any one getting a case of poison ivy like the one I had! Spandex undergarments will never be the same...

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5.   Mar 2, 2000 5:01 PM
Emily,

Problem being finding a beekeeper sorting his honey. He or she would have to be a freak (like I used to be) and use shallow supers, then label each according to the nectar source being visit ...


-- posted by bindweed


4.   Mar 2, 2000 8:14 AM
that beekeepers liked the blossoms! I ate locally produced honey all my life, as my grandfather kept a half dozen hives not far from a huge stand of poison ivy. We never had the store bought stuff. RE ...

-- posted by emilylevitt


3.   Feb 29, 2000 9:17 AM
Great article Emily,

This Pacific Northwest gardener tends to miss some aspects of Poison Oak. In CA this wonderful plant was much visited by bees, and both in CA and Oregon poison oak yields a del ...


-- posted by bindweed


2.   May 24, 1999 5:08 PM
was probabaly the culprit, somewhere along the line.

-- posted by emilylevitt


1.   May 24, 1999 5:05 PM
poison ivy

(posted by Emily, for Eric)

Emily,
> >
> > interesting article on toxic natives. One off-beat
> > way to get poison ivy
> > (?sumac) poisoning is from a sand pile - the one we
> ...


-- posted by emilylevitt





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