Just thinking about poison ivy can make you itch. Blistering rashes on your arms and ankles, oozing bumps between your fingers and eyelid-swelling exposures are all-too-familiar summer hazards.

There are a number of plants to avoid in Delaware. Here's how to identify the big three – poison ivy, oak and sumac.

Poison ivy: The plant usually has three broad, tear-shaped leaves. It can grow as a climbing or low-spreading vine that sprawls through grass. Poison oak: The plant has leaves that resemble oak ...

Use a broadleafed weedkiller (containing 2,4-D and perhaps two other herbicides blended together) to kill and control poison ...

Large pecan and red oak trees cover probably 8 of the 11 acres. The remaining 3 acres were chest deep in poison ivy, honeysuckle and smilax briars. It was a mess. The first thing I did ...

Large pecan and red oak trees cover probably 8 of the 11 acres. The remaining 3 acres were chest deep in poison ivy, honeysuckle, and smilax briars. It was a mess! The first thing I did ...