Re: Eerie Quiet...Gene

Yep- and if you use one of those wasp sprays that shoot a stream a long 
distance, you don't have to get too close even!

Theresa

Cathy Carpenter wrote:
> Locate their underground nests. Wait until dark (when they are all at  
> home) and spray the hole with insecticide. (I rarely use chemicals,  
> but make an exception for these aggressive critters if they locate  
> near where I work or guests walk.
>
> Cathy, west central IL, z5b
>
> On Jun 16, 2006, at 10:29 AM, Bonnie Holmes wrote:
>
>   
>> Do you have any such tricks for yellow jackets?
>>
>>
>>     
>>> [Original Message]
>>> From: Pam Evans <gardenqueen@gmail.com>
>>> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
>>> Date: 6/16/2006 9:12:10 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Eerie Quiet...Gene
>>>
>>> If you hose the wasps and stuff down real good, you can get in and  
>>> get
>>>       
>> what
>>     
>>> you need.  They can't fly when they're wet.  That's what I do when  
>>> I need
>>>       
>> to
>>     
>>> move a nest.
>>>
>>> On 6/16/06, Donna <gossiper@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>>       
>>>> yep, gonna be hot here today too. Amazing how well the weeds grow  
>>>> isn't
>>>> it.... Learned to mulch as I do a section or by the time I get  
>>>> back to
>>>> do the mulching, the weeds are starting again. sigh.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I have an outhouse for garden tools as well. Also a rustic bench  
>>>> ( made
>>>> from tree logs) next to it. I bouight mine at a craft fair, and  
>>>> it has a
>>>> cute window on the side- well window framing - Anyways, the point  
>>>> is, I
>>>> need to screen it in cause every wasp and hornet in the neighborhood
>>>> lives in there. It is a battle to decide who gets the  
>>>> tools.....They get
>>>> quite upset when I open the door to grab a shovel etc.....
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Donna
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message ----
>>>> From: Gene Bush <genebush@otherside.com>
>>>> To: gardenchat@hort.net
>>>> Sent: Friday, June 16, 2006 5:35:36 AM
>>>> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Eerie Quiet...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Summer has hit here....
>>>>    Out watering containers in the nursery every other day now. Some
>>>>         
>> trees
>>     
>>>> and shrubs every day.
>>>>    I am still crawling on my hands and knees through the garden  
>>>> weeding
>>>> every morning from about 9 until noon. Still a ways to go.Next to  
>>>> renew
>>>> the
>>>> mulch in all the bare spots so I will not have as much of a problem
>>>>         
>> later
>>     
>>>> on
>>>> with weeds.
>>>>    Doing a bit of transplanting as I go. Trying to get plants  
>>>> from the
>>>> holding area into the garden. Lots of trees and shrubs to go yet.  
>>>> Looks
>>>> like
>>>> it will high summer before they get into the ground and then they  
>>>> will
>>>> need
>>>> watering frequently until the can take root. I want to get a few  
>>>> crafty
>>>> type
>>>> things done this summer. Want to paint come coordinating trim in  
>>>> a few
>>>> places... lawn chairs and tables, trim on the new covered bridge,  
>>>> one
>>>>         
>> end
>>     
>>>> of
>>>> the garage where we now have a shelf over the garage door. If.. big
>>>>         
>> if...
>>     
>>>> I
>>>> can find the time I want to have an outhouse constructed just  
>>>> past where
>>>> the
>>>> covered bridge sets at the edge of the woods. (for tool storage  
>>>> on that
>>>> side
>>>> of the property)
>>>>    Always lots to do...
>>>>    Gene E. Bush
>>>> Munchkin Nursery & Gardens, llc
>>>> www.munchkinnursery.com
>>>> genebush@munchkinnursery.com
>>>> Zone 6/5  Southern Indiana
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Pam Evans" <gardenqueen@gmail.com>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>         
>>>>> Just out watering is all here.  Donna, you work too hard!
>>>>>
>>>>> On 6/15/06, Donna <gossiper@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>>>>           
>>>>>> I am here too, but busy. Just another 300 contracts to modify  
>>>>>> and I
>>>>>>             
>> can
>>     
>>>>>> call it a night...sigh. I have already put in 59 hours this  
>>>>>> week and
>>>>>> still have another day to work this week...and I wonder why I am
>>>>>>             
>> always
>>     
>>>>>> tired.
>>>>>> Donna
>>>>>>             
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>>> Pam Evans
>>> Kemp TX
>>> zone 8A
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