If you are planning a new landscape design, let the designer be aware of all family pets within the household. It is generally a good idea to monitor pets while they are outside. Young pets have a tendency to be mischievous, chew, eat and dig everything in sight. Once pets have matured, it is highly unlikely they [...]
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Poisonous Landscape Plants for Pets
Posted in Just a Cloud Away Journal, Pets, Poison, Poisonous Plants, Toxic Plants, tagged Diana GArdner-Williams, greensboro, Grief, Just a Cloud Away Journal, landscape design, landscape plants, loss of pet, memory gardens, NC Beaches, North Carolina, pet death, Piedmont Triad on December 4, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Poison Ivy- Serious Allergic Reactions
Posted in Poison, Poison Ivy, tagged allergic reactions, greensboro, landscape, Nc, Poison, Poison Ivy, poisonous, poisonous plants, steroids, urushiol on December 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
From experience, poison ivy is no laughing matter. Every part of this plant is poisonous and the oil called urushiol causes severe allergic reactions. If ingested, can be fatal. Below are pictures of the allergic reaction I was subject to a few weeks ago. I never touched the poison ivy plant. I handled a shrub [...]