10 Skin-Irritating Plants Commonly Found on the Homestead

[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.

 

[baymule]

For poison oak, I wash with a Clorox solution. If you get a bad exposure, take a bath with a cup or two of Clorox and you won’t break out in a rash.

Staghorn sumac, with the red “berries “ is a desired spice and it has a lemony flavor.

 

[flowerbug]

For me, tomato plants can cause my hands, palms and fingers to develop itchy blisters. If I wash my hands soon enough I can usually get away without any problems. If the blisters develop, I lance them with a needle and then apply Aveeno.

but you can eat the fruits ok?

there are a few things i know now not to even attempt to eat (raw potatoes, love the crunch but they'll do me in now). i'm even a little reactive to chocolate but i'm pretty sure that my unrelenting samples are keeping me from getting worse. i've also had some reactions to peanut butter but i also eat a lot of that frequenly so it does not get worse. i help it from being really worse by making sure to eat or drink a chaser to help rinse it all down.

 

[baymule]

Tomato vines make me break out in an itchy rash too. I wear long sleeves and gloves, then wash the shirt.

 

[R2elk]

but you can eat the fruits ok?

No problem with the fruits at all. Just the plants themselves, which can make for a challenging experience with all the repotting and transplanting that I do.

 

[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.

 

[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.

 

[flowerbug]

Number one is to wash hands immediately after touching something that bothers you.

having done a number one while not knowing i'd been pulling plants that which the sap would make me react just like i'd been pulling poison ivy, i can say (and i had to go so bad that i did not take off my gloves) it was the most difficult two weeks i'd had in many years. in fact, when i think that what i'm going through on any particular day more recently is bad i can easily point to that and say: "Life is pretty darned good in comparison...", i almost think that breaking the collar bone or shoulder blade were preferable. almost, but it's a close call.

 

[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.