The Poison Ivy Removal Company

05/06/2020

Hello Folks! Just received a nice comment from a client:
I would like to thank Helaine and her crew for the diligent and careful job they did on my property today. I was very impressed with the work ethic and stamina of all three.
Thanks again, Helaine. Very impressive progress on a very challenging task.

05/08/2018

Beautiful weather, poison ivy leaves unfurling, we are in business!
This week we are in Hollis, Weare, Nashua and Mason New Hampshire, Tyngsborough, Northborough, Leverett, Charlton, Lincoln and Wilmington Massachusetts.

03/14/2018

Here I am at the 6th annual Poison Ivy Conference. Scads of fascinating information and interesting people!
Always fun and educational!

10/03/2017

Hi Friend Helaine
Our colleague John Jelesko
"Dr JJ" of Virginia Tech

has launched a crowd source fundraiser to raise money for his labs poison ivy research.Because this directly and positively impacts our business and customers I encourage you, my friend, to participate at any level donation you can afford. (I donated $786.00 this morning )

JJ has a lot of courage to put himself out like this , let's acknowledge his importance to us and our industry and support him TODAY( right now!!)

Best regards
Umar Mycka
Poison Ivy Horticulturist

This is the link to use:
(crowdfund.vt.edu/theitchyproject).

Help Virginia Tech raise $10,000 for the project: The ITCHY Project. Your gift will make a difference!

10/03/2017

Our colleague John Jelesko
"Dr JJ" of Virginia Tech
has launched a crowd source fundraiser to raise money for his labs poison ivy research.Because this directly and positively impacts our business and customers I encourage you, my friend, to participate at any level donation you can afford. (I donated $786.00 this morning )

JJ has a lot of courage to put himself out like this , let's acknowledge his importance to us and our industry and support him TODAY( right now!!)

Best regards
Umar Mycka
Poison Ivy Horticulturist

This is the link to use:

(crowdfund.vt.edu/theitchyproject).

Help Virginia Tech raise $10,000 for the project: The ITCHY Project. Your gift will make a difference!

04/12/2017

We finally have MOST of the snow gone from the yard. Two days of 75+ weather ALMOST melted it.
Our first job of the year is on April 22nd. Poison Ivy should start getting nervous, because here we come!

03/28/2017

We are looking forward to the poison ivy season start date, but we are likely getting 3-5 inches of snow this Friday in Greenfield, NH. I'm crossing my fingers for warm weather!

10/11/2016

I am going to be on NH Chronicle tonight, doing an interview about poison ivy removal. Tasha, one of my poison ivy removal crew is behind me, removing poison ivy.
7pm on WMUR Channel 9
I'd love to hear what you think.
BTW, the suit adds on 40 pounds...

06/29/2016

Please check out the article about poison ivy in the May/June copy of Yankee Magazine. I am mentioned in the article.

05/22/2016

POISON IVY IDENTIFICATION TIPS
There are 3 things poison ivy never does:
1. It never has thorns. Poison ivy doesn't need thorns, it has the urushiol oil.
2. It never has finely serrated edges. Poison ivy is more of a lobed leaf.
3. It never has a pair of opposite leaves below the three leaves. To be botanically correct, each of the three leaves is a leaflet and together all three are considered one leaf. Poison ivy only has one leaf per stem.

On poison ivy, the center leaflet has a neck, while the other two leaflets are attached directly to the stem.

05/15/2016

The poison ivy leaves are almost all unfurled around here. They are still small and shiny, but they are
turning down the red and turning up the green.

05/07/2016

I just got a reply from a client from 2014. They said no poison ivy grew back at their home in Merrimack, NH! I LOVE to hear that! Poison ivy is so tenacious, usually something grows back. This does not happen often, so when it does, we feel GREAT!