CH> When my sister lived in Indiana there was no end to the poison ivy.
CH> She says she's been luckier up where they are in Vancouver, BC.

 RN> Where I live now, there isn't much danger of coming into contact with
 RN> it or poison oak, but where I lived in Mandeville, it was everywhere. 
 RN> Same thing for Gray, where I lived for a year.

 Nod. Just have to stay away from the stuff. I imagine though Roger,
as most things do- poison ivy, being poisonous (to us)
has a benefit somehow, if only to itself in re to not being picked and
therefore thriving. I imagine there must be crittters who eat the
stuff? And even plants we are safe with can have adverse effects to
us or other critters. Since my other as of late
research has gone no where so far maybe a little trip to "poison Ivy'
sites might reveal some interesting info other than what we already
know.. hmm. That's a tough call.
..........

 RN> I saw some bees for the first time this year yesterday.  Janis said
 RN> that she hasn't seen any in an a long time because of some critter
 RN> that attaches itself to the back of the bee like a leech and
 RN> eventually kills it.

   We had some in our back yard last year. Remember I mentioned it in
CK I think. And someone said bee populations rise in fall in cycles.
ALso if you have certain flowering plants /trees in your yard that
will attract them. I have NO idea what was attracting the bees to our
yard. Except for a tomato plant needing pollinating perhaps...
(IT was a very wet spring in DFW area in 07, that always gets the
critter populations up. :) Saw some frogs !!! for the first time in
Texas.

As a matter of fact one wet Spring morning in 06, still kinda dark
out.. I let Abbie and Cosmo out back to do their business. Right at
the threshold was a big round THING.. I picked it up and OH MY! a
FROG! lol! Or maybe it was a toad...

Cindy


... When in doubt... No, don't do that either.

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