20 september 2021
Let's see, what have I been up to lately?
We had an infestation of yellow jackets, everyone's least favorite type of wasp, in the walls of our house. Exterminators came out to spray them, but the creatures have been all-too-belligerantly not dying. Last week they came back to plug up the holes, inside and outside, where the wasps have been coming out, except inside they've been coming through the pulley structure in one of the old windows. The window still needs to open, so the pulleys can't be caulked up. So now they're all coming through that window, which is very exciting, in its own way. Since the outer entry is closed, they should all eventually die, but until then I guess I'm spraying insecticide on that window every day to catch the ones that come in.
I'm not really big on using poisons against pest animals, but when they get into my living space, admittedly, I'm pragmatic.
Stomping around under the windows in the yard I noticed a bunch of tomato plants have taken up residence next to the house. I'm not totally sure how they got over there, as we've never planted tomatoes in that area before. The fruit's a bit late, and I don't think they'll produce anything edible before it starts getting really cold out there, but it's nice to see them. It's been a couple years since we intentionally maintained a garden, but there is a pleasure in unintentionally maintaining one.
I should probably try again next spring. I just never get started early enough.