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Bid, Interrupted

by angela@diggingbliss | Jul 5, 2004 | Uncategorized

The first bid from a landscape contractor was supposed to be ready Friday, but the bidder got food poisoning. No, really! I believe him! We rescheduled for tomorrow. I, of course, joked about who was going to bring the smelling salts for reviving me after I read the...

Huh?!!!

by angela@diggingbliss | Jun 24, 2004 | Uncategorized

Finally heard back from the 3rd landscape contractor on the list. He asked me to describe the yard… wanted to make sure it wasn’t “tiny”… Suddenly I felt like I was being interviewed… I felt like I had to “pump up” my...

Armed and Dangerously Minty…

by angela@diggingbliss | Jun 12, 2004 | Uncategorized

Grabbed the last two cans of Victor hornet spray on the shelf at Emigh. Repeated the practice of first spraying the creeping fig with a hose to rouse hornets that survived the initial nest destruction. By the way, the survivors were likely nest guards or were...

Fear and Laziness

by angela@diggingbliss | Jun 12, 2004 | Uncategorized

Gotta drag my lazy, uh, self back to Emigh today to pick up more Victor brand “minty hornet spray”. Regretting that moment in the store when I thought to myself, “Should I get a couple cans now, while I’m here?” and answered to myself,...

Uh oh… They’re baaaack…

by angela@diggingbliss | Jun 10, 2004 | Uncategorized

Just went out to check for survivors. Saw no signs of any hornets anywhere. The nest is half-dissolved (by the spray) and empty. Decided to give the nearby creeping fig vine a good spray with a hose to make sure none were lurking in the vine. After giving it a good...

The Dirty Deed is Done…

by angela@diggingbliss | Jun 10, 2004 | Uncategorized

I stopped at Emigh Hardware this afternoon to pick up some hornet spray. Reached for the standard stuff; powerful; cautions about ingesting, breathing, etc…. but then noticed they sell a “Poison-free” hornet killer by Victor, the company that makes...