I used to store a bale of peat moss outside on a pallet under a tarp. One year I reached in to pull out a few handfuls of peat and found dried leaves. Puzzed, I removed these and then scooped peat into a bucket. Perhaps I should not have been surprised to find three bright-eyed but panicky shrews staring up at me. I released them in a sheltered place; they were probaby mature enough to do OK. On Tue, Mar 17, 2020 at 8:57 AM Tim Eck <timeck17582@gmail.com> wrote: > I had heard that impatiens and aloe worked great on nettles, hymenoptera > stings, etc. When I tried both, the poultice seemed to help when you > rubbed it in. But always the skeptic, I also tried rubbing the injury with > no poultice of any kind and that worked just as well. > My gardening experience involved picking up some debris when I received a > disabilitatingly severe sting - like being hit with a baseball bat while > being stung. I never found out the culprit though I had suggestions from > cicada killer to Japanese hornet. A few years later my wife was picking up > some stuff when I heard a squeak and turned to see her standing rigid, > holding her hand, eyes bulging, mouth open and realized she had gotten > tagged by the same thing. Both of us were too distracted to notice what > actually got us so we'll never know. > > On Mon, Mar 16, 2020 at 11:49 PM Randall P. Linke <randysgarden@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > My memorable experience with nettles was when I was 12 years old, > visiting > > friends of my parents in Scotland. I was playing street tennis with a > > daughter of their friends when I missed the ball. I went to fetch it and > > plunged my hand into a patch of nettles. I have no idea what it was, but > > the girl I was playing with ran over, grabbed a bunch of leaves from some > > plant and rubbed it on my hand and the irritation was almost immediately > > abated. I've always wondered what this obviously common folk remedy was. > > > > On Mon, Mar 16, 2020, 3:30 PM Jane McGary <janemcgary@earthlink.net> > > wrote: > > > > > When I lived in the Cascade foothills, my place had every kind of > > > wildlife from elk to newts (even the mountain beaver). The most > exciting > > > (?) episode in the garden itself happened while I was showing a > visiting > > > couple the rock garden, accompanied by one of my female Malamutes. > > > Suddenly the dog pounced on a big rock, shoved it aside, and dug > > > quickly. She had found a nest of baby rabbits. She ate them right in > > > front of my visitors. Fortunately they were outdoors people -- the man > > > was an ichthyologist -- and were not horrified by nature red in tooth > > > and claw. > > > > > > Jane McGary, Portland, Oregon, USA > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > pbs mailing list > > > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > > > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > pbs mailing list > > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…