Wow, what a fantastic summer! I hope I don't curse myself by saying this, but life is good. I really have nothing to complain about except....
Wasps.
We had a wasp nest earlier this summer that Kirk destroyed with wasp spray and high pressure water. Like the residents of New Orleans, the wasps quickly rebuilt.
I asked around at work and one of my coworkers recommended that I wait until after dusk, until the wasps were all back in the nest, before spraying the nest. I think about this every night at about 6 PM, then I forget. Needless to say, the wasps are still living the high life under our eaves.
Tonight I Googled "Homemade wasps trap" and found the following website for Grandpa Kipp's surefire Yellow-jacket trap
I made a modification based on some other stuff I read that said wasps, in the fall, will be looking for sweet stuff instead of protein. I strung some squished grapes to a string (it was easier than I thought it would be) and created my own wasp trap. It worked like a charm and kept us wasp-free for the rest of the evening. Dead wasp count = 2. Stung people/dog count = 0
