At Home In The Woods

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Ouch! I use the wasp spray that shoots 10 feet or more. They say it works better than mace or pepper spray on intruders...

 

[dave1949]

On Tuesday I noticed wasps were buiding a nest where the camper's kitchen range vent exits the camper. The nest had about 3 wasps. I got a stick and knocked down the nest. 10 minutes later I walked past that part of the outside of the camper while watching to see if the wasps would come after me. Normally wasps around here are not real aggressive, even after you have knocked down their nest. Well, a wasp came out and made a beeline at my face. I was a bit surprised at how quickly the wasp got to me. The wasp got between my glasses and my face and stung me beside my right eye. I had to throw off my glasses before I could knock off the wasp.

Fortunately I did not get stung in the eye. I immediately put ice on my eye for 30 minutes which helped minimize the swelling and discomfort. After putting ice on my eye, I used some wasp spray and got rid of the wasps. Wednesday morning I woke up with a bunch of swelling on the side of my face beside my eye. I still have noticeable swelling even today.

Ouch! I have had good luck using those 'hot shot' wasp spray cans that shoot about 15' or so. I generally just leave them alone, but sometimes where they decide to nest isn't practical.

Dave.

 

[Obed]

When we had the house and garden lots cleared, we checked into seeing if anyone would be interested in the timber. We called several people including loggers, lumber yards, and lumber mills. I think we could only get one person to come onsite and look at the wood. The logs were all nicely stacked and easy to get. However, nobody was interested in removing the timbered logs without being paid something. The logs were between 12" and 24" in diameter with most of them being about 18" dia. The wood consisted of white oak, red oak, hickory, and poplar. The majority was white and red oak. I also had a friend who builds cabinets come look at our wood to see if it would be worthwhile for us to have it milled for our own use. He said our logs could be milled but were borderline big enough. He also said that hickory was hard to work with and doesn't bring much money.

I've heard people claim you can get people to pay you for your wood when you have a tree down but have yet to talk to someone in this area who has actually been paid. Yes, if you clear several acres, you may be able to get a logging company to timber it for you. But apparently the number of logs we have for disposing is not worth anyone's time unless they get paid for removing it.

 

[brin]

On Tuesday I noticed wasps were buiding a nest where the camper's kitchen range vent exits the camper. The nest had about 3 wasps. I got a stick and knocked down the nest. 10 minutes later I walked past that part of the outside of the camper while watching to see if the wasps would come after me. Normally wasps around here are not real aggressive, even after you have knocked down their nest. Well, a wasp came out and made a beeline at my face. I was a bit surprised at how quickly the wasp got to me. The wasp got between my glasses and my face and stung me beside my right eye. I had to throw off my glasses before I could knock off the wasp.

Fortunately I did not get stung in the eye. I immediately put ice on my eye for 30 minutes which helped minimize the swelling and discomfort. After putting ice on my eye, I used some wasp spray and got rid of the wasps. Wednesday morning I woke up with a bunch of swelling on the side of my face beside my eye. I still have noticeable swelling even today.

obed - Memories, How long they linger, all of these adversities befalling you will make you laugh in time. Imagine sitting in front of a roaring fire in your new fireplace and relaxing while thinking about all of the trials and tribulations you went through in building your house and your new daughter will have many tales told to her...it will all be great fun...swollen eye and all, you will see..hang in there...:thumbsup:

 

[dave1949]

He also said that hickory was hard to work with and doesn't bring much money.

I've heard people claim you can get people to pay you for your wood when you have a tree down but have yet to talk to someone in this area who has actually been paid. Yes, if you clear several acres, you may be able to get a logging company to timber it for you. But apparently the number of logs we have for disposing is not worth anyone's time unless they get paid for removing it.

We have hickory cabinets in the kitchen. We asked the cabinet maker to purposely mix up the light & dark woods so the cabinets have some variety and don't look so monolithic. Hickory is one of the worst wood species for expanding and contracting with humidity level changes though.

I wish there was a practical way to 'micro' harvest logs. You know they are worth something, but short of hauling them to a mill on your own trailer, it's difficult to sell them. Also, for some species, the mill prices are quite low now with the recession. The demand for furniture grade wood is way down, but improving.
Dave.

 

[eepete]

I hate all wasps and hornets. Nuke when I can, sometimes outsource it since I get just a bit cranked when trying to get 'em :confused2:

Hope you work out the zoning. This is why citizen boards are important, but you still have some luck of the draw on which citizens you get.

That hickory chair needs a "bus stop" sign.

Only time I've been able to get someone to take timber is when they can get a full sized logging truck full of it.

We saved a big hunk of red oak to use as a mantle. Construction was 9 months behind schedual and it rotted by the time I got to it.

I'm most happy about your cat. Have been down that road with a bad outcome. Unlike most of the problems you've had, you can't just push and work and solve that one. Here you are battling the structure, yet at the end of the day it's the contents that count.

Keep pushing, it will all happen and work out for you all!

Pete

 

[dstig1]

The wasp got between my glasses and my face and stung me beside my right eye. I had to throw off my glasses before I could knock off the wasp.

Fortunately I did not get stung in the eye. I immediately put ice on my eye for 30 minutes which helped minimize the swelling and discomfort. Wednesday morning I woke up with a bunch of swelling on the side of my face beside my eye. I still have noticeable swelling even today.

Bummer. For the future, a very good bee sting remedy is make a paste of water and baking soda and put a blob of it on the sting and hold it there. Put some fresh stuff on every now and then. The soda neutralizes the bee venom and really takes the ouch out of it. Still itches for a few days, but it really knocks it down fast. The longer you hold it on there the better - at least an hour or 2. Yes I know it sounds like folklore, but it works wonders.

-Dave

 

[mkane09]

Obed, I had about 4 acres cleared on my land just south of Clinton last fall. We had a lumber truckload of white oak, red oak, poplar, and maple which brought a whopping $462 at Oak Ridge Hardwoods. I was bummed. I would have rather had the wood cut into lumber and used it in the future for my own projects.

mkane09

 

[tony Cecil]

I have been stung each week I have worked on the farm lately...A couple of days ago, on the elbow, on the fleshy side...Didn`t hurt at all for a couple of hours, then swelled up and has itched un mercifully including today.....and as I write It cose me several thousand dollars to have a crane come and remove seven or right really large pine and poplar from around the house, and then it was several truck loads of wood about like the truck you pictured.....I got nothing, and spent....The price of pulp wood has increased---I`v been told...but just think I will stay away from the whole thing...Tony Cecil Chas S C

 

[Gary Fowler]

I have been told that bee venom and wasp venom are much different and need to be treated differently. Apparently one is acidic and the other is an alkalia, but I dont remember which is what. One you put on ammonia and the other baking soda.