Observations | Leaves of Three

 
Leaves of Three l The New Amity Workshop
 

Spring | Waxing Gibbous

I spent a good part of this past weekend diving deep into a narrow strip of land that separates our stonewall and front garden.  I knew what I was getting myself into ahead of time, but there was work to be done and little time to waste.  The strip is a no man's land of thorny invasives, ticks, and most definitely, poison ivy of which I have the rash to prove it.  There is much more clearing to be done to make way for the native ferns  and jack-in-the-pulpits, but I will need to adopt a new mantra if I'm to be spared.

  
Leaves of three, leave them be.
Longer middle stem, don't touch them.
Hairy vine, no friend of mine.

 
 
Observations, SpringErin MoriartySpring, Waxing Gibbous, Stonewall, Invasives, Poison Ivy, Clearing, Hudson Valley, Native