Well this is a stretch so I'll give it a try!
 
 - Poison ivy berries can be eaten by birds in the winter.
  - You can protect your yard from picnicker's
  - You can harvest the oil and develop a very nice shellac like oil and paint it on valuable things.  You will know the culprits by the rash
  - Deer, goats and other animals love the plants.
  - It can be very colorful plant with the different colors when the leaves change.
  - There is a cancer link beliver it or not
   
 One never really gets rid of it all.  I have a few acres myself and I am still working on little bits and pieces. You get close but never quite able to declare victory :-) |