Here I sit, drinking black tea after 11 pm. Why would anyone do that? Because they are covered in poison ivy and have been for almost three weeks and new patches are still appearing and pretty soon a Benadryl is going to send them to LaLa Land regardless of how much caffeine has been consumed.
I am glad it is a really good black tea. I need something to pay attention to other than the infuriating itching of my arm.
I really get strong honey notes this time. An earlier tasting of a previous harvest (I think it was a different year!) had molasses notes to me, but this is strong honey. There is a high baked fruit flavor that is making me crave some baked peach dumplings right now. I made this western style but I think the rest of the leaves are going to get the grand treatment tomorrow, with a full on gong fu session.
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Benadryl and ice packs have been my friends for 3 weeks now! Also tried a cold compress with strong steeped calendula…not sure how medicinally effective it was, but boy, did it feel good.
Oh dear! It must be perfect growing conditions this year! I know several people who have it right now, and I haven’t had a bad case in many years! I did get a few little bumps about fifteen years ago when my husband had a terrible case and the oil had transferred from his hands to the steering wheel, seat belt, and door handle after he cleared some land. But they were so minor and I hardly noticed them! I’ve been apologizing to people for having to look at this rash!
Oh geez, sorry you’re going through that! FWIW, this does sound like a great tea to have, even at 11pm.
I had poison ivy about a month ago. It wasn’t the worse case I’ve ever had, but it was bad enough! You have my sympathy.
Gmathis – I am using calendula salve on part of it. I didn’t know it was poison ivy at first and went to a dermatologist since it was the arm that I am supposed to protect – missing some lymph nodes from cancer surgery. I thought it was an infected bug bite that I had scratched and made the infection spread. He gave me a steroid cream and THAT seemed to be giving me hives,so now I am on prednisone following a prednisone shot. Thankfully, we found the patch of poison ivy and have some of it cleaned out, but there are vines growing on the fence and we do NOT relish clearing those out.
Terri – sounds like we all hit the gardens! I got it in my own backyard and we have never had poison ivy growing here before. I hope we can get it all cleared out! Glad yours is all over with!
There are a few places in my yard where it tends to grow, and I was clearing one of those. I am usually hyper-vigilant about it, and very good at removing it without getting touched, but I never did see any of it. You know Ms Ivy, she is very sneaky!
Benadryl and ice packs have been my friends for 3 weeks now! Also tried a cold compress with strong steeped calendula…not sure how medicinally effective it was, but boy, did it feel good.
Oh dear! It must be perfect growing conditions this year! I know several people who have it right now, and I haven’t had a bad case in many years! I did get a few little bumps about fifteen years ago when my husband had a terrible case and the oil had transferred from his hands to the steering wheel, seat belt, and door handle after he cleared some land. But they were so minor and I hardly noticed them! I’ve been apologizing to people for having to look at this rash!
Oh geez, sorry you’re going through that! FWIW, this does sound like a great tea to have, even at 11pm.
I had poison ivy about a month ago. It wasn’t the worse case I’ve ever had, but it was bad enough! You have my sympathy.
Gmathis – I am using calendula salve on part of it. I didn’t know it was poison ivy at first and went to a dermatologist since it was the arm that I am supposed to protect – missing some lymph nodes from cancer surgery. I thought it was an infected bug bite that I had scratched and made the infection spread. He gave me a steroid cream and THAT seemed to be giving me hives,so now I am on prednisone following a prednisone shot. Thankfully, we found the patch of poison ivy and have some of it cleaned out, but there are vines growing on the fence and we do NOT relish clearing those out.
Terri – sounds like we all hit the gardens! I got it in my own backyard and we have never had poison ivy growing here before. I hope we can get it all cleared out! Glad yours is all over with!
There are a few places in my yard where it tends to grow, and I was clearing one of those. I am usually hyper-vigilant about it, and very good at removing it without getting touched, but I never did see any of it. You know Ms Ivy, she is very sneaky!