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2021 Farm Log
sKePTiKal:
Hol & I are running out later this morning; she has post office needs and I need to stop at the hardware store. I don't have enough of the stain I wanted to use on the kitchen bar. I've been debating if I even WANT to stain it - have plenty of poly - since sanding it down, it looks pretty good the way it is.
We MIGHT get more freezing rain later today; it's hard to tell. Then Wed, its the over the mountain trip for my eye exam, and shopping right before another snow & combo event Wed night/Thursday. And really cold temps. Which won't be too bad, for me, if there's no wind.
OH... the other neighbor showed up yesterday with a banana cake for Valentine's Day, thanking me for the Christmas cookies. I guess they were under the weather with some bug or other over the holiday. It was a big surprise and fun. The Mrs. gave me their phone number in case we need anything. But after 4 years - going on 5 - I guess they've figured out we're pretty self-sufficient. ;) And that we won't make pests of ourselves but are willing to be neighborly. I know my 90 yr old neighbor has been getting out - tire tracks in her drive - Holly has it the worst because most of her road is at the bottom of the hill and doesn't any sun (when there is any) until noon. She's been keeping the ranger with her to run back & forth and it's doing OK.
There is no news, except above and the weather. Hopefully it really will get warmer soon and we can switch to mud season. Won't be as bad for Hol, now that the rest of her concrete pads/patio have been poured. But we'll have to hope her section of road holds up; first year it's had snow cover for any length of time.
lighter:
So no Smoky Brown roaches, large water bugs or centipedes surprising you? I think the Orkin guy finally got rid of all the bugs at the lake. Such a relief to find they weren't German cockroaches, whew. What a mess.
Downstairs I found a couple electric outlets filled with dead centipedes.....have to close up all entrances and cracks..
I'll have bug guy walk me through and point to all cracks her identified this week.
Wasps getting in were a problem here, until I found a nest tucked under the siding. I walked the house perimeter and listened.....looked for wasps. Sure enough, there they were. Huge problem, bc they were in every room. Both girls were stung.
I get very occasional stink and lady bugs. I don't mind catch and release for them. Same with moths. I never kill spiders unless it's an accident.
My sister is super concerned with open garage and exterior doors as she's sure mice are waiting to run in and set up household. I don't like dealing with mice either. I stopped keeping bird seed bc of mice. Smart little guys.
Lighter
sKePTiKal:
Bug guys don't work out here. I had Orkin out for a survey and never heard from them again.
I have peppermint planted (sposed to repel stinkbugs) and made the LED 2-liter bottle traps. Those do work, but not 100% effective. Hol's used a bug vacumn and fly strips at the hut. And of course, caulking all the openings is REQUIRED. Even so - the bugs get in.
I'm way outnumbered by the bugs. LOL. And I have the same habit about garage doors being closed.
Hopalong:
Would a frog pond in the LR help, Amber?
I KNOW you could build one...
:)
hugs
Hops
sKePTiKal:
Well, there's plenty of frogs just off the backdoor - in the goldfish pond. But they only eat the skeeters - which usually aren't too bad around here. I have the NC beach Industrial strength propane bug zapper if they ever are.
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