Poison Ivy and No Street!!

So we think there is poison ivy in our backyard. What do you think from the picture? What's the best way to treat it? Yikes!

Also, the city is tearing up the street and our workers can't even drive down it. They are upgrading the plumbing for our block, but we hadn't realized they'd do it in a fashion that wouldn't allow us to get to our house unless we were on foot. Dagnabit... how many more delays can we afford? None, really!! We can't even afford this house!! Okay. So, you can kind of see the torn up street in the second picture. You can also see Awesome Neighbor's house with her broken window and all. Guess she won't be starting her house anytime soon either!!