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Subject: poison ivy/wild raspberry bush
Author: Cathy
Date: 4/28/2004 11:38 pm
Views: 14205
Status: Approved
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I now have my 2nd severe case of poison ivy. I got the 1st one last August 2003 and on 4/10/04. After last year we bought a spray(recommended by a garden store) and sprayed it wherever we thought we saw poison ivy. So this year I thoroughly surveyed the yard and did not see any and proceeded to weed. The next day I was covered with a rash. My questions: can it still be in the ground after a cold long winter(we live in a suburb of Chicago, IL)? After I got the rash, again I went out to look, and never saw any "leaves of three" except on a wild raspberry bush native to IL. Is it possible to get a rash similar to a poison ivy rash from this bush? I love to garden and am petrified to go in my yard again.

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poison ivy/wild raspberry bush (Approved)Cathy4/28/2004 11:38 pm
  Re: poison ivy/wild raspberry (Approved)Heather4/29/2004 11:56 am