Re: gardenwriters Digest, Vol 149, Issue 5

**J* L* <j*@gmail.com>**

Duane,
The foam sprays work well...and you can shoot from 20 feet away.....do it at night...when they are all home...

Teaming,

Jeff

Plant A Row For The Hungry...and read "TEAMING WITH MICROBES: THE ORGANIC GARDENER'S GUIDE TO THE SOIL FOOD WEB." 

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> From: "Duane Campbell" <dcamp911@gmail.com>
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> It?s hard to imagine getting tired of Miss Kim lilac, but this one had taken over a rather large garden area. This spring I ripped most of it out, potting up ten one and two gallon containers to give to friends and for my annual two hour plant sale. (Two bucks and I couldn?t sell them all; I live among Philistines.) The intent was to create a new planting quickly, not wait until weeds covered the entire plot four feet tall, but it was a cold, miserable spring. So I have finally gotten to it.  Since this area had been planted with shrubs and perennials for a couple of decades or more, little had been done to improve the soil. Fortunately I had two 3X3X3 foot (originally) compost piles ready to harvest. Simple. Deconstruct the compost piles, spread several inches on the plot, dig it in, and put in plants that had been waiting patiently for a few months.
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> Not simple. (The motto on my personal crest is  Nil umquam facile est.) The compost has become the happy home of wasps, German yellowjackets perhaps, but though I speak German they don?t answer), who are claiming birthright citizenship in my compost. These are not common stinging insects that create a quick burning sensation, you run in and grab the anti-sting stick (I did that), and after a couple of hours it goes away. No, these are super stingers. My first meeting provided several stings that left me in agony for two days. I have literally never felt such pain. I?d rather have my gall bladder out again. Seriously. It took a week for the effects to completely fade.
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> Much to the distress of my daughter who is quasi-organic, I powdered the whole compost pile with Sevin dust, like an April snowfall, threw a tarp over it, and waited for three days. Then I dressed in the August heat as if it were January, removed the tarp, and swung a pick into the middle of the pile. I have done a lot of stupid things in my life, but this is certainly in the top ten list. Fortunately there was little skin exposed and I had been educated by prior experience to run as if I were not superannuated.
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> So here, finally, is my question. How do I get these bastards out of my compost? The barren plot out front awaits your wisdom. 
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> Duane Campbell
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