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Poison Ivy, Oak & Sumac: The Final Battle


Posted by Jason Bittel on 19 Apr 2012 / 0 Comment


Let’s get you up to speed Why Do We Itch? [Prelude] What is Poison Ivy, Oak & Sumac? [Part 1] What’s in Poison Ivy Bubbles? [Part 2] The snow has melted; the sprouts are up. And all that new green can only mean one thing – you’ll soon be running into Poison Ivy, Poison Oak [...]

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Poison Ivy, Poison Oak, Poison Sumac – Why Me? (Part 2)


Posted by Jason Bittel on 30 Jul 2011 / 2 Comments


Hairy Vine, No Friend of Mine You may ask, “Why does this man appear to have braised turkey legs for arms?” Well, it’s a funny story really. Guy wants to dig a hole and, like many manly men before him, he figures he’ll just use his forearms to haul dirt out of that hole. Except… [...]

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Poison Ivy, Poison Oak, Poison Sumac – Why Me? (Part 1)


Posted by Jason Bittel on 16 Jul 2011 / 1 Comment


Leaves of Three, Cuss Me Let’s do a quick show of hands. How many people out there have suffered from some sort of poison, be it poison ivy, poison oak or poison sumac?

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Why Do We Itch?


Posted by Jason Bittel on 25 Jun 2011 / 0 Comment


Real Men Itch As an avid lover of (almost) all things outdoors, I hate to admit to being itchy. The word itself seems infantile, like saying you have a “boo-boo.” And the state of being itchy implies incompatibility with the environment. To be rubbed the wrong way. To be allergic. To chafe and chap. To [...]

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