> Wish she had picked the cukes, squash, and eggplant before she left. I > think I'm getting allergic to the pricklies on their leaves as I break > out in a rash anywhere I touch them. It's gone in an hour or so but sure > bugs me while it's there. Anyone else ever experience this? Try dusting your hands and arms with talc (corn starch in less humid climes)... works for a lot a folks with rashy sorts of responses to stiff trichomes.