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spinbaby

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5. After thinking about it for a couple of days...

Reply to spinbaby (Original post)

Tue Jun 30, 2020, 09:52 PM

Jun 2020

...I went for cold-blooded murder and hit it with a can of commercial wasp spray at dusk tonight. In a couple of days I’ll go out and poke it with a shovel.

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Yellow jackets in my compost [View all] spinbaby Jun 2020 OP

Add water! Laffy Kat Jun 2020 #1

I successfully knock down wasps nests with soap water. Mersky Jun 2020 #2

Good to know. underpants Jun 2020 #4

Cover w/ black plastic or something like that...the heat from the compost under the plastic... SWBTATTReg Jun 2020 #3

After thinking about it for a couple of days... spinbaby Jun 2020 #5