At Home In The Woods

[Obed]

I asked my FIL about his tomatoes. His tomatoes just started coming in mid-July similarly to ours. We had a long hot dry drought that may have slowed things down here. Fortunately we've been getting decent rain the past month or so.

 

[Obed]

I've gotten behind on my posts. We've had a lot going on lately. My mother's health is poor so she was in the hospital. In spite of all that the doctors did, she survived. She is now out of the hospital, thank goodness, and is staying at our house while she recuperates from the drugs they gave her in the hospital.

 

[Obed]

I added some shims below the rim joists so that the posts could support the weight of the deck instead of relying soley on the nails.

 

[Obed]

We've been shelling a lot of peas lately, purple hull peas, butter peas, limas, etc. Yesterday evening my wife, mother, and I sat in the living room shelling peas for the evening and it was rather nice. It was good family time.

We have been enjoying the produce from the garden.

My wife made some homemade soup. She also fried some okra. She makes the best fried okra I've ever eaten.

 

[Obed]

Yellow Jackets
We discovered a yellow jackets nest about 60 ft from the house beside our garbage cans. The nest is below some pallets that have some firewood stacked on top. There is no way we can get to the opening of the nest so I can't kill the nest.

 

[Ranger Rick]

Yellow Jackets
We discovered a yellow jackets nest about 60 ft from the house beside our garbage cans. The nest is below some pallets that have some firewood stacked on top. There is no way we can get to the opening of the nest so I can't kill the nest. View attachment 275973

Obed I read in the local gardening column that you can kill Yellow Jackets by going out on a cool night with a big piece of clear plastic tarp and covering the whole nest area and anchoring the edges so that nothing will escape. Leave it covered for a week and the Yellow Jackets will be smother and cooked. Be careful and keep an eye out for guard yellow jackets when covering the nest area.

 

[tony Cecil]

Hi
I told you about my attack, last spring, so remember the `hair dryer` and further last year the nest in the house that I slowly--over the summer--got did of with Seven.....You may be able to get the dust near the opening, and that may get rid of them.....Tony

 

[jinman]

We've been shelling a lot of peas lately, purple hull peas, butter peas, limas, etc. Yesterday evening my wife, mother, and I sat in the living room shelling peas for the evening and it was rather nice. It was good family time.

We have been enjoying the produce from the garden.
My wife made some homemade soup. She also fried some okra. She makes the best fried okra I've ever eaten.

Obed, you are livin' the good life now.:thumbsup: There is NUTHIN' as good as home grown peas and okra. Do you also like cornbread? You may be able to buy stuff at the store cheaper than you can grown and fix it, but you never will find anything from the store that tastes as good as home grown. Besides, family time while shelling anf fixing your own veggies is the best. Your garden looks wonderful too. I hope the critters continue to give you a break.

BTW: Your daughter is cute as a button.

 

[radioman]

i concur with sevin. just spinkle it as close as you can and wait a few days. If it doesn't work - I am against the other idea of tarp as theye can still dig their way out. dont ask me how I know .:ashamed: . If worse comes to worse - you always can shove the pallet back with your tractor bucket and run! Then wait a day and then either burn them out or sprinkle sevin right in the hole.

 

[Obed]

Obed I read in the local gardening column that you can kill Yellow Jackets by going out on a cool night with a big piece of clear plastic tarp and covering the whole nest area and anchoring the edges so that nothing will escape. Leave it covered for a week and the Yellow Jackets will be smother and cooked. Be careful and keep an eye out for guard yellow jackets when covering the nest area.

Rick,
I doubt I will try that method in my scenario. With the pallets and firewood in the way, I doubt I could get the area completely covered and I would probably get nailed in the process. I think I'll just leave the nest alone and stay away from that area. This winter I will move the pallets and firewood. I don't know that yellow jackets nest in the same spot a second year but will clear the stuff away just in case so I can find the entrance hole next year if needed.
Obed