It is Spring in Alabama. Time for the pests to pester.
Pest One: Fire Ants.
Where found: Everywhere
Watch where you step. Should you step on a mound they will let you know. Be prepared to hoot and holler and swat.
Solution: Keep a bag on this with you when mowing. Sprinkle as needed. Often.
Pest Two: Carpenter Bees
Where Found: Whatever there is wood. Decks, porches, outbuildings.
This is our lawn mower shed.
This is back porch where they are attacking.
Solution: Useful Tools. Plus calking.
Pest Three: Pond Algae
Where found: Along shore lines of the pond.
Solution: Internet search says one way is to rake it off. Yea, right.
Sure, that will take care of it. If patient enough to keep cleaning the rake and want to spend days and days raking.
Pest Four: Recliner Sitter
Where found: In front of Television.
Solution: Look at a different Television.
Until next time.
Know what you mean about those Fire Ants personally. It took nearly a year for the bites to disappear.
ReplyDeleteOur son's garage was a target of the Carpenter Bees.
With the present state of the Global Pandemic I think many are Becoming Recliner Sitters.
Be Safe and Enjoy the solitude.
It's about time.
We were told, on our Spirit of the Suwannee treehouse tour that Carpenter Bees cam be gotten rid of by
ReplyDeleteFilling a lunch size brown paper bag with air, staple or tie it shut and hang need the bee drill holes. They think it's a wasp's nest, so supposedly they make like a tree and leave
We wait for spring to come so we can enjoy the outdoors, RIGHT! Then we remember the problems. Here it is flies, Gila Woodpeckers draining the humming bird feeders and making holes in the house or ratta tatting on the metal awning. Winds to rip your hair out of your head while the yellow pollen from the mesquite trees fill your nose and eyes with allergens.
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Oh boy, fire ants. When we were working in Florida we knew about them, but sometimes you just don't see them. Ask how I know :) Glad to see Len smiling there!
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