September 2008

I started working at home a few weeks ago and am finally learning how to juggle it with everything else I have to do. So there is finally a second or two to blog about my garden!

Half the “bees” in my backyard swarming around the door are yellow jackets. Everyone knows I grew up in a city, right? I feel kind of stupid for not realizing it earlier. Fortunently no stings (yet). I seriously need a screen door (as someone commented in the last post) - but just blew my funds (or should I say credit) on a wii. Boy those things are hard to track down! After calling six stores with absolutely no luck we just decided to go to Best Buy last night (which hadn’t had it earlier). But we had a gift certificate we were itching to use and while I was looking around I realized my husband was grabbing the wii on display in the middle of the store. There were 4 when we walked in and by the time we walked out none were left. They had just gotten them the night before - and I’m surprised they lasted that long. [click to continue...]

As much as I love having bees flourishing in my garden, they are starting to wear out their welcome. With the garden right by the back door and having to leave the door open to be able to watch my 2 year old DD1, the bees are becoming a nuisance. Two flew in today in the 30 minutes I had the door open and I caught them both in a cup and let them go outside. Finally DD1 came back inside so the door could be shut. Any ideas on controlling the bee population (without harm to the bees?) [click to continue...]