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Welling: Plan, Costs and Products Meet Jane Welling and find out the gardening challenge plan. From "Garden Sense" episode DGAR-302

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How to Eliminate Poison Ivy

Use care when battling poison ivy in your garden or yard.

One option to protect yourself is to wear tall garden gloves that cover your whole arm. They generally cost about $13 and will protect your skin if you come into contact with poison ivy. The key is to wash them well after use or the poison ivy oil can linger for years. Soap and water will do fine, but we strongly recommend you don't skip this step.

You can find chemicals to kill poison ivy. Walter believes the ones that work best contain glyphosate or triclopyr. But keep in mind that these chemicals will kill nearby plants as well.

Important reminders:

• Don't put poison ivy in your compost pile. It can cause reactions years from now.

• Never burn poison ivy because you can have a reaction just from inhaling the smoke.

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Dollars and Sense

We used more than 10 new kinds of plants in Hardiness Zone 6 and spent more than $1,500 dollars due to the large space we needed to fill.

The most expensive plant was the Serviceberry at $200.

The least expensive plants were the Japanese ferns at $12 each.

Plant prices may vary by zone.

Sensible Tools

These are the tools and garden supplies used on our project by Walter and the DIY team and also given to the homeowner to help care for her new landscape:

• Wheelbarrow provided by Corona Clipper (www.coronaclipper.com)
  
• Tools provided by Corona Clipper (www.coronaclipper.com)
  
• Garden Gloves provided by Atlas Gloves
  
• Soil and amendments provided by Fafard (www.fafard.com)
  
• Glider Bench provided by Sittin' Easy (www.sittineasy.com)
  
• Scotts Evergreen, Flower, Tree and Shrub (www.scotts.com)
  
• Ortho Tree and Shrub Sprayette (www.ortho.com)
  
• Miracle Gro Weed Preventer (www.miraclegro.com)
  
• Roundup (www.roundup.com)
  
• Corona Bypass Pruner (www.coronaclipper.com)
  
• Treegator Junior (www.treegatordirect.com)
  
• Messenger
  
• Gilmour Spray-Doc (www.gilmour.com)
  
• Yard Glove (www.upcountryproducts.com)
  
• Honeysuckle Popper (www.honeysucklepopper.com)

Gardening by Zip Code If you're looking to start a gardening projectbut don't know your gardening zone—visit the National Gardening Associations's USDA Hardiness Zone Finder. Enter your Zip Code to identify the proper zone.

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RESOURCES :

A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants
American Horticultural Society
Dorling Kindersley Publishing Inc.
ISBN 0-7566-0616-0
Website: www.dk.com

Timber Press Pocket Guide to Shade Perennials
W. George Schmid
ISBN:0-88192-709-0
2005
Timber Press