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Jul 31, 2021Liked by TED LEVIN

Yikes! Poison Ivy has been the bane of my existence all my life as well--once it was all over my body and face. I'd never heard of the salt/vinegar/soap recipe--but at least it's not Roundup, which my brother uses on everything, alas. I once was standing 20 feet away from a campfire where someone had thrown this noxious plant onto the flames, and the case from the smoke was the most serious I experienced. In this situation, I support your strategy of annihilation! Nature has many defense systems, but you're being hit by three of them at once--poison ivy, ticks, and mosquitoes!

("Urushiol" sounds like an evil wizard from Tolkien!)

Take good care--

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Ted, I wonder if your concoction works for the bane of my existence, Bishop’s weed? It lives forever.

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