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<\/a>Sorry for the close up of the compost pile. These are yellow jackets, right?<\/p><\/div>\n
This is my consequence for neglecting the poor compost pile for so long. I have spent hours today reading about how to get rid of them. I have learned that they swarm when agitated, apparently loud noise like the lawn mower can agitate them, and reading all that makes me itchy and twitchy all over! Ugh. I was painting on the back porch and swatted three of them with the paint brush! Good thing their buddies didn’t swarm!<\/p>\n
On another note, the kids found the dirt garden again this evening. They went outside to play tag, wore themselves out, and settled in the dirt. <\/p>\n
<\/a>Dirty birds!<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>Eve found a worm and was eager to show me.<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>Playing with trucks in the dirt. Still a little boy.<\/p><\/div>\n
They both came in covered with bug bites! Maybe not covered<\/em>, but they each had six or seven swollen bites. I was worried they were stings at first, but neither of them noticed getting bitten and I think they would have noticed if they’d been stung by yellow jackets six times! <\/p>\n Weird afternoon. New neighbors and new stairs<\/a>… we’re movin’ on… up?<\/p>\n Any advice how to remove yellow jackets? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" We seem to have a family of yellow jackets living in the compost pile. I was hoping they were just dining there, but there are A LOT of them and they never seem to leave. :\/ This is my consequence … Continue reading