10 Skin-Irritating Plants Commonly Found on the Homestead

[R2elk]

My grandmother was that way -- vines a problem but she could handle and eat the fruit. My mom swore it was only contrived so she had to do all the picking

Allergies are real and not contrived.

 

[murphysranch]

Tansy Ragwort is the baddie here in the PNW. Its toxic to all life and spreads like wildfire. We are supposed to wear gloves and pull up the roots and bag it for the trash dump.

 

[Hinotori]

Tansy Ragwort is the baddie here in the PNW. Its toxic to all life and spreads like wildfire. We are supposed to wear gloves and pull up the roots and bag it for the trash dump.

Oh. Ive never worn gloves to pull it. Comes out pretty easy for me and I've not had a reaction. I just knew it was invasive and I try to remove them.

 

[Hinotori]

How about hawthorn. Get a scratch from a thorn and it swells because of the bacteria that live on them. Same for black locust thorns.

 

[Mini Horses]

Allergies are real and not contrived.

Yep...but she was a kid and felt punished. . What did they know 85 yrs ago!? Even with her Alzheimer's lol she remembered that

 

[R2elk]

Yep...but she was a kid and felt punished. . What did they know 85 yrs ago!? Even with her Alzheimer's lol she remembered that

Yep, just like the people that like cilantro can't believe that others find that it tastes like soap. Smokers will absolutely not believe a non-smoker when they tell the smoker that they can smell the smoke stink on them form 20' away.

 

[murphysranch]

Very true, @R2elk. I had a coworker who was about 80 and smoked all her life. She thought if she put on perfume, we all could not smell her smoke stink. But on Mondays, she reeked to high heaven.

 

[R2elk]

Very true, @R2elk. I had a coworker who was about 80 and smoked all her life. She thought if she put on perfume, we all could not smell her smoke stink. But on Mondays, she reeked to high heaven.

Talk about compounding an error. People wearing perfume dull their noses to the aroma. When they can't smell it any more, they pour o0n lots more. On occasion when I am at the mailboxes I have to hold my nose when certain people park upwind of me and the aroma is easily noticed 30' downwind when they open the door.

 

[Hinotori]

When I could smell them 3 grocery store aisles away with a mask on, it's way to much.

Most perfumes make me sick amd give a headache. However as a kid I was taught that the proper way to wear one was that someone needed to be in your personal space to smell it. It was to entice a guy to move closer for a deeper smell.

 

[Hinotori]

I forgot to add that Mom made my brother put on his body spray outside of the house. I found thay hilarious when I was there on a visit