Mollison has said: Permaculture is a philosophy of working with, rather than against nature; of protracted and thoughtful observation rather than protracted and thoughtless labour; and of looking at plants and animals in all their functions, rather than treating any area as a single product system..
The juice of jewelweed is a traditional remedy for all sorts of skin ailments including poison ivy. An oft-repeated folk saying, Wherever poison ivy is found, jewelweed grows close by. To use it, you can simply crush the leaves and rub it on the itchy places.
Poison Ivy and Diabetes Patients: What you should know and use to treat. Poison Ivy stems and leaves seemingly innocent will ride on trees and hanging just enough over the trail to lend a devastating strike. Poison ivy will fight back hard when it is touched.