Industrial Weeding
Jun. 23rd, 2006 11:37 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mikeknDay 2
I got lucky today - there was no rain after work so I was able to continue where I left off. The bee things in The Pile were still there, but were pretty mellow - they didn't react much when I moved the piece with the nest off of The Pile, nor when I started pulling away branches to expose the nest itself. Oh, a few of them were flying around where the nest used to be, but I think they were just confused ("Dude, it was right here a minute ago!" "How can you lose the nest?! And you expect us to follow you to pollen?"). Anyway, the nest got another spray, so I should be able to dump it tomorrow (after I poke at it some more...)
From there I moved one to the brush pile near the oak tree. Good new: no bees and only one vacant mouse nest! After finishing up that, I puttered around on a few of the other items before calling it a night. I don't think I got as many hours in today compared to yesterday, but I'm happy with the progress.
To Do, Started,Finished:
1. Move the big brush pile (hereafter, The Pile) into the dumpster.
2.Move the little brush pile (by the oak tree) into the dumpster.
3. Remove the unwanted bushes in the front of the house.
4. Remove the unwanted bushes and weeds from the side and back of the house.
5. Trim out the dead branches from all the trees.
6. Remove more unwanted bushes, this time from the other side of the house.
7. Weed the ivy bed.
8. Move the termite infested fire wood to the dumpster.
9. Think about removing the lower branches on some of the evergreen trees.
I got lucky today - there was no rain after work so I was able to continue where I left off. The bee things in The Pile were still there, but were pretty mellow - they didn't react much when I moved the piece with the nest off of The Pile, nor when I started pulling away branches to expose the nest itself. Oh, a few of them were flying around where the nest used to be, but I think they were just confused ("Dude, it was right here a minute ago!" "How can you lose the nest?! And you expect us to follow you to pollen?"). Anyway, the nest got another spray, so I should be able to dump it tomorrow (after I poke at it some more...)
From there I moved one to the brush pile near the oak tree. Good new: no bees and only one vacant mouse nest! After finishing up that, I puttered around on a few of the other items before calling it a night. I don't think I got as many hours in today compared to yesterday, but I'm happy with the progress.
To Do, Started,
1. Move the big brush pile (hereafter, The Pile) into the dumpster.
2.
3. Remove the unwanted bushes in the front of the house.
4. Remove the unwanted bushes and weeds from the side and back of the house.
5. Trim out the dead branches from all the trees.
6. Remove more unwanted bushes, this time from the other side of the house.
7. Weed the ivy bed.
8. Move the termite infested fire wood to the dumpster.
9. Think about removing the lower branches on some of the evergreen trees.
