Over the last couple of years, I’ve had several encounters with paper wasps and had varying levels of success in attempting to kill paper wasps as well. In the last couple of weeks, there have been four different sets of paper wasp nests forming around the house. Two of the four were in really inconvenient … Continue reading How To Kill Paper Wasps
Last weekend while weeding the garden, I found out with crystal clear clarity that paper wasps do not take kindly to being disturbed. Yesterday afternoon I was back in the garden and had another run in with some sort of critter. After the fact, I went back to investigate exactly what I’d been bitten/stung by … Continue reading I’m Beginning To Hate Wasps
Last weekend I needed to rid the back door of our home of some paper wasps. Not knowing of a sure fire way to safely get rid of them, I turned to a trusty bottle of Mortein. As it turns out, paper wasps really don’t enjoy getting dosed with Mortein. In fact, as soon as … Continue reading Paper Wasps Attack
In keeping with my annual review of things and following on from my 2010 website traffic statistics, below is a quick summary of what happened during 2011. Throughout 2010 my blog took 97,509 visits and 132,068 pageviews and for the year of 2011 108,325 visits and 140,882 pageviews. It is nice to see that my … Continue reading 2011 Traffic Statistics
Time just seems to keep on zipping by and 2008 is already behind us. I think I can safely say that last year was the most incredible year that I’ve ever experienced and it has everything to do with Hugo. I had no idea that a single little person could have such a profound impact … Continue reading Year In Review