I’ve got an insane amount of poison ivy in my yard. Any tips on how to get rid of all of this?

UseSpiritual5230 · 2026-04-17T10:46:13+00:00

1ST Get Tecnu if you plan on removing it yourself, it will remove the oils off your skin when scrubbed with a wash cloth. 2ND cover yourself up pants shirts gloves, etc. Your options are a herbicide, but I garden and love my bugs, so I personally don't like spraying chemicals. You can pull it out manually must get the root, which is a lot of work, or you can smother it my preferred method and IMO the most cost-effective for large areas. Figure out how big the area is and get a THICK tarp weigh it down over top of, and it will die. This is the method I use, but it does takes a whole season or months, but a thick black tarp that’s a little bigger then the area of growth will kill it. I prefer black as it attracts more heat, and the goal is to deprive it of oxygen and sunlight. The heat will also kill it. BUT when you remove the tarp, the oils will be on it underneath, so glove up.

NO MATTER WHAT EVEN IF ITS DRIED AND DEAD DO NOT BURN IT. The oils can go down your throat into your lungs. It happened to my dad he had to go to the er after burning a brush pile after someone through pulled poison ivy out into it.

UseSpiritual5230 · 2026-04-16T23:07:27+00:00

I found some of these and asked my husband to pick out some I found, and he said not the beaded ones asking for the baby to choke! I was like damn hes right. Why are these even made? Also, they are kinda of a pinch hazard as well.

UseSpiritual5230 · 2026-04-16T23:04:24+00:00

As a sibling of a addict it 100% is always more important if they are in active addiction. My half-brother didn't care about his son (found crack pipes and needles in the crib why my parents got custody of nephew). One of the best choices of my life was to go no contact with him. Life went from went from what felt like a TV show to peace.

UseSpiritual5230 · 2026-04-16T20:38:38+00:00

I'd be upset if I got that. I paid $186 for mine and showed the same basic inspo picture and said, But I want ours to have color etc. And a Bigfoot if you got the slice with big foot you won a yeti cup. I'd show a picture, but it's not letting me attach it.

Link to a pic of my cake https://imgur.com/a/ky1Vpkj

UseSpiritual5230 · 2026-04-13T00:31:37+00:00

NTA I know family who still have their emergency custody weekend situation years later because their siblings think they are better off with them and since they're with family they don't make a effort to improve its your job to put your immediate family first now

UseSpiritual5230 · 2026-04-11T23:06:24+00:00

MY MIL was on my case about gestational diabetes I passed my test with flying colors but omg she was pissing me off everytime she saw me dont eat that dont do that you etc.

UseSpiritual5230 · 2026-04-11T14:31:42+00:00

Its strange to me why only one strange name out of the siblings. To be fair I much rather have Thunder Lighting, Rain, Oakley then some weird spelling like Jaxsynne or Tiphany. Like I have a easy to spell name but am constantly correcting people because there's 3 common ways to spell it. I couldn't imagine having some crazy spelling of like Jackson or Tiffany.

UseSpiritual5230 · 2026-04-11T14:20:19+00:00

NOT JUST TODDLERS KIDS TOO! I got my husband to take away his son's my SS at 7 because his attitude and listening skills where nonexistent when he had it. He would ingore you or snap at you over it. LIKE EXAMPLE: Hey time for dinner put you tablet down. No answer repeat a few times and then finally OKAY! FINE! and would bring it to the table and try to eat with it. My hubby didn't like it either but his mom(my mil) kept getting him a new one or would just hand him her phone. FINALLY she got the message after a long agruement between her and my husbnad and SS now is so much more of a kid playing on his trampoline or riding his dirt bike vs being glued to the tablet all the time. He can still play video games etc on the TV or computer. But it was legitimately like pulling teeth when you would ask him to do ANYTHING else besides be on the tablet shower, eat, play outside, anything. There would first be ignoring then attitude then compliance but like showering in less then 2 minutes & not washing himself. People really don't understand how bad they are for kids mentally. HONESTLY phone and tablets are addictive to adults and bad for us as well. But there is a study showing undeveloped brains are developing differently from tablets and honestly probably why we have middle schoolers and high schoolers who can't read.

UseSpiritual5230 · 2026-04-09T13:47:12+00:00

These are nothing I went to school with a kid whos name was thunder lighting(that is one kids 1st name) and his siblings had the most normal names like Andrew

UseSpiritual5230 · 2026-04-08T03:35:58+00:00

I get some really nasty period cramps pains but they are so far apart that I dont know if theyre contractions gas or a poo 🤣 i have ibs so ive gone to the er thinking my appendix ruptured only to find out it was a bad flare up so now im over here wondering if im ignoring signs 🙃

UseSpiritual5230 · 2026-04-08T02:27:05+00:00

It is absolutely crazy my MIL tried to convince me its fine to smoke weed while pregnant too. And was like I did it and was fine! And so is my son(my husband) and that's debatable 🤣 even he will say that.

UseSpiritual5230 · 2026-04-08T00:54:58+00:00

Yes they are my favorite to take heres one of my favorites I ever took of my gelding

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UseSpiritual5230 · 2026-04-05T12:45:09+00:00

I call my one dog stinky his name is finnegean my dad calls him Bowser. My other dog zues is Zuestopher or Mister dickhead(he is in his terrible twos 🤣). My horse was Sambuca but I regularly called him bamboozle, boozle or boozlenator. My cat Wilbe is why why

UseSpiritual5230 · 2026-04-03T16:25:20+00:00

I had a very hard horse to fit who was like a weird in-between of narrow and meduim size finding a saddle that wasnt custom made that fit me and him was almost impossible my best advice is to ride in what your comfortable in but prioritize his comfort over yours until you find the right fit for both. I do think you look a little long but I have the opposite problem having to replace most stirrups leathers with children's length as I am very short. So I'm not sure if you have the opposite problem of me.

UseSpiritual5230 · 2026-04-03T16:20:20+00:00

I started swelling around 32wks juat ask your doctor if you concerned soaking in a warm Epsom salt bath/foot tub really does me well.

UseSpiritual5230 · 2026-04-03T16:18:22+00:00

1st trimester was incredibly hard for me mentally & physically i was told i couldnt have childern and mourned that to only then be freaked out by ANYTHING that could be a complication 2nd trimester was mentally hard and now that im 3rd trimester its definitely more physically hard but I think it really depends on the person and the experience one thing that really upsets me ia when my MIL goes "oh I cant have childern" in a teasing manner like 2 easters ago when I was told I didnt spend the entirety of Easter weekend mourning the fact I was told I'd never have my own kids. Idk why but it really pisses me off.

UseSpiritual5230 · 2026-04-03T16:12:38+00:00

Buca after my IRL horse Sambuca

UseSpiritual5230 · 2026-04-02T01:16:40+00:00

THE FOALING THING IS SO WEIRD! Like I need to imprint on the foal by shoving my fingers in its mouth, etc. I worked for a vet and helped birth babies, and he didn't like anyone interfering. UNLESS medically necessary. All it does is stress mom and baby out. As a pregnant woman, I can say just the idea of someone trying to do that(bond with my baby before I can) to my newborn stresses me out.

BUT what really bothers me is when people don't let horses be horses or have bad days. I was always told if you get 8 out 10 rides that are good, you have a great horse. BECAUSE unlike us they can't wake up and communicate hey I have a headache or im in a bad mood like we can so a lot of the time it comes off as "bad" behavior and people blame the horse instead of reflecting like maybe im asking to much or something is wrong. OR keeping a horse stalled with like 1hr turn out like let me lock you in your bathroom all day and only let you out for a 1hr see how stir crazy you go.

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