Stings of Spring, Summer Pest

With Spring and Summer upon us, we no doubt will be sharing our space with other little creatures.  Some of these little creatures can be very annoying; a few of these are yellow jackets along with wasps and hornets. 

I have a small deck with my backyard stairs and this seemed to be a favorite place for wasp to set up there quarters.  I had tried different ways of making this seem less attractive to them but they always came back.

I tried the jug with the sweet juice that was supposed to trap them… as you can see in the picture it didn’t do what it was supposed to do instead it supplied them with another place to make a nest.

What I did discover a few years back was a mixture mint oil and water sprayed on the surface of my deck and where they made their nest, the mint kept them away.  I would spray the area once a week; if it didn’t rain I could go for two weeks and no sign of the wasp. 

I would also spray around my outdoor furniture and tables to keep them away.  It isn’t poison and will not harm your pets, just to be careful not to get it in your eyes because it does burn,  (wash your hands after use in case you forget and rub your eyes)

I spray a wash cloth and take it with me when I walk the baby to keep them away from the stroller.  I carry a small sprayer bottle with me also if I go anywhere there might be buzzing pest.  

I spray the shed in the backyard under the eves and under the eves of my house, wherever wasp or hornets have set up homes in the past.  I go all summer without worrying that I am going to be bumping into a nest like I have done in the past.  I have sprayed the screens in a screened in porch and the eves to prevent them from finishing a nest they started.

Hope you find it works for you to it is better then using the poison that you or your children could come in contact with.  It is also not safe to spray any kind of poison around food areas where the pests seem to like to be around.

Also before you use your BBQ make sure that there are no nests inside before you light it, also check carefully under the cover if you have it covered for the winter.

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Not Such A Bright Idea

We need to educate ourselves in order to insure our own safety and those we love, not to mention the environment in which we live.  I hear a lot of talk about changes being made to help our environment but you need to know the only one that is going to protect you is you yourself.  That is why educating yourself is a wise choice.

We now can not find in our stores the light bulbs we use to use, we have energy saving light bulbs now, sounds good, but is it?  I think the package should contain the handling of these light bulbs and the danger they can cause if one breaks.  CAUTION SHOULD READ CLEARLY ON THE PACKAGE LABEL, BUT IT DOESN’T.  These Bulbs contain small amounts of Mercury 

Most of the people I have talked to do not know how to properly dispose or clean up a broken energy saver light bulb, and yes this could be hazardous to your health.  How many of us run to get the vacuum so that no little bits of glass remain, yes we want to keep our family safe.  But are we?

Click onto the site that tells you how to properly dispose and clean up a broken light bulb. 

http://www.energystar.gov/ia/partners/promotions/change_light/downloads/Fact_Sheet_Mercury.pdf

Do you feel like you are saving energy?  Or do you feel like you are endangering your family friends and planet.  All energy bulbs I believe are manufactured out of our country.  The regular light bulbs that were manufactured here will not be manufactured and perhaps the manufacturing has already stopped. 

What will be the long term effect?  Does anyone really know, is this really going GREEN?  What the heck were they thinking?