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SoutheastRidge said:
Im the same way really. I have an irrational fear of bees, wasps, etc.
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I don't mind bugs all that much. Not crazy about bees, and I try to stay away from where they are. But the one-off bee just buzzing around me doesn't bother me. He just curious.

The worst is mowing over a yellow jacket nest though. You don't know it initially, but it doesn't take long to learn that you have just got yourself into a spot of trouble.

I will say that watching someone running wildly away from a bees nest is one of the funniest things to observe (I've been that guy several times)....kind of along the same lines as watching someone's umbrella blow inside out. I don't know why that's funny, but it sure is.
 
Rain Cold said:
I don't mind bugs all that much. Not crazy about bees, and I try to stay away from where they are. But the one-off bee just buzzing around me doesn't bother me. He just curious.

The worst is mowing over a yellow jacket nest though. You don't know it initially, but it doesn't take long to learn that you have just got yourself into a spot of trouble.

I will say that watching someone running wildly away from a bees nest is one of the funniest things to observe (I've been that guy several times)....kind of along the same lines as watching someone's umbrella blow inside out. I don't know why that's funny, but it sure is.
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I didn’t understand this until a few years ago! Cutting grass commercially, I ran over a yellow jackets nest, got stung 6 times, ran crazily about 25 feet or so, they still kept coming! Clothes were coming off, the stinging only stopped when I got inside the truck! After the fact, I looked on the internet and see that they release pheromones when they sting, so the other ones know where to sting and attack! And they are so mean, they can bite first, to get a better grip to sting you harder! Nasty boogers!
 
GaWx said:
If you find them or other bugs inside, do you kill them or do you first try to get them outside alive? Keep in mind that they have families, too. And they are among the Almighty's creations
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I love animals, but this will be getting shot! I hate spiders!43BB5485-6B47-401B-ABE7-0ED7813607F0.png
 
This pooping sucks! Dud incoming! I’m sure CLT gets shellacked, like usual, I get a sprinkle795862C6-3380-423D-B8FC-F9690F07421D.png
 
Rain Cold said:
I don't mind bugs all that much. Not crazy about bees, and I try to stay away from where they are. But the one-off bee just buzzing around me doesn't bother me. He just curious.

The worst is mowing over a yellow jacket nest though. You don't know it initially, but it doesn't take long to learn that you have just got yourself into a spot of trouble.

I will say that watching someone running wildly away from a bees nest is one of the funniest things to observe (I've been that guy several times)....kind of along the same lines as watching someone's umbrella blow inside out. I don't know why that's funny, but it sure is.
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I've been that guy that pushed a lawnmower over a yellow jacket nest, they had me before I knew what had hit me.... it's the one time I ended up at the ER (turns out I'm allergic apparently). Wasp and yellow jackets (the ground one's, holy terrors they are) are the things I have a true fear of, literally nothing else in the world actually scares me but those 2 things do. Was sitting in my car one Sunday a few years back, waiting on the rest of the fam to go to church, and noticed yellow jackets coming and going from a hole in the ground by my rose bush. It looked like Hartsfield-Jackson Airport with so much traffic, did a little digging and exterminating and discovered a nest that was 18" by 2', thing was yuge!!!
 
SD said:
Just got my water bill for May. I'll be taking donations and starting a GoFundMe. Damn!

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You need to do a weed lawn like me. Then you could save a lot on your water bill. So what if the yard looks like dirt!
 
Rain Cold said:
You need to do a weed lawn like me. Then you could save a lot on your water bill. So what if the yard looks like dirt!
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Its been considered to be honest. After we miss the rain today and tomorrow that may be what I do

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SD said:
Its been considered to be honest. After we miss the rain today and tomorrow

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And all through next Wednesday too.
 
metwannabe said:
I've been that guy that pushed a lawnmower over a yellow jacket nest, they had me before I knew what had hit me.... it's the one time I ended up at the ER (turns out I'm allergic apparently). Wasp and yellow jackets (the ground one's, holy terrors they are) are the things I have a true fear of, literally nothing else in the world actually scares me but those 2 things do. Was sitting in my car one Sunday a few years back, waiting on the rest of the fam to go to church, and noticed yellow jackets coming and going from a hole in the ground by my rose bush. It looked like Hartsfield-Jackson Airport with so much traffic, did a little digging and exterminating and discovered a nest that was 18" by 2', thing was yuge!!!
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I have also mowed over a yellow jackets nest and was stung by at least 2. It was the worst pain ive ever been in.
 
SD said:
Its been considered to be honest. After we miss the rain today and tomorrow that may be what I do

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I take pride in my weed lawn. I got dandelions, chickweed, henbit, those little lily pad looking things, clover stands, those little weeds that look like clovers that have the little yellow flowers and those tiny little banana things on them, the weeds with the spikey things on them, and those fake strawberries...not to mention, sweetgum balls and pine cones galore, oak galls, vole holes, mole tunnels, and fire ant mounds. There might actually be some hidden grass in there somewhere, but it's really too hard to know for sure.
 
Rain Cold said:
I take pride in my weed lawn. I got dandelions, chickweed, henbit, those little lily pad looking things, clover stands, those little weeds that look like clovers that have the little yellow flowers and those tiny little banana things on them, the weeds with the spikey things on them, and those fake strawberries...not to mention, sweetgum balls and pine cones galore, oak galls, vole holes, mole tunnels, and fire ant mounds. There might actually be some hidden grass in there somewhere, but it's really too hard to know for sure.
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If anyone asks, just tell them it is your wildflower garden.

Weeds are also compliments of our Creator, of course. So, it is a good thing that you’re nice to weeds. Like bugs, it is a good thing not to kill weeds.
 
GaWx said:
If anyone asks, just tell them it is your wildflower garden.

Weeds are also compliments of our Creator, of course. So, it is a good thing that you’re nice to weeds. Like bugs, it is a good thing not to kill weeds.
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Screw that. If a bug comes inside my house he's dead.
 
Has anyone planted jasmine in their yards as ground cover? If so, how do you like it? Do you have it under control?
 
GaWx said:
Has anyone planted jasmine in their yards as ground cover? If so, how do you like it? Do you have it under control?
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What kind of jasmine? Sun or shade?
 
Tarheel1 said:
What kind of jasmine? Sun or shade?
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I get them mixed up. It is either Confederate or Asiatic. It has nice smelling white flowers in late spring. It starts out as innocent groundcover but it then spreads and grows aggressively onto adjacent wood fencing. It is so thick on the fence that it is as if it extends the height of the fence! It was quite attractive on both the ground and the fence but it wasn’t good for the health of the fence. Due to extensive fence repairs that were needed, it had to be completely cut off the fence just to allow for the repairs (it was extensively tangled around the pickets and was very heavy) and the adjacent ground cover was cut completely because we didn’t want it to get back on the fence. Weed killer was even out down along the fence. It was not an easy decision. So, it all may be dead although I suppose remaining roots may result in regrowth. In the meantime, now we have ugly bare ground within a few feet of the fence. The area gets some sun in afternoon but is largely shaded a good number of hours.
 
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Tarheel1 said:
What kind of jasmine? Sun or shade?
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Princess

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GaWx said:
I get them mixed up. It is either Confederate or Asiatic. It has nice smelling white flowers in late spring. It starts out as innocent groundcover but it then spreads and grows aggressively onto adjacent wood fencing. It is so thick on the fence that it is as if it extends the height of the fence! It was quite attractive on both the ground and the fence but it wasn’t good for the health of the fence. Due to extensive fence repairs that were needed, it had to be completely cut off the fence just to allow for the repairs (it was extensively tangled around the pickets and was very heavy) and the adjacent ground cover was cut completely because we didn’t want it to get back on the fence. It was not an easy decision. So, it all may be dead although I suppose remaining roots may result in regrowth.
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Never grown it,I’m guessing winter keeps it in check up here? I like Ajuga, for a great ground cover! It won’t climb, does well in sun or shade, I think a little better in moister areas, but tough and spreading and easy to divide.227931D0-6006-404D-BEA5-A7AD0F5E9BFB.png
 
Tarheel1 said:
Never grown it,I’m guessing winter keeps it in check up here? I like Ajuga, for a great ground cover! It won’t climb, does well in sun or shade, I think a little better in moister areas, but tough and spreading and easy to divide.View attachment 20103
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Thanks, Mack, for the info and recommendations. Yeah, that pic of Star Jasmine looks similar.
 
pcbjr said:
Welcome back, Tony! Been missing you! How are the spiders? Running around bare-bottomed at night? Sure it's hot ... but so was Watkins Glen ... :eek: ... Best! Phil
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Getting over pneumonia I'm afraid, Phil. No fun whatsoever. I can't recommend it. It was the being unable to sleep that's the worst, and the resulting hallucinations. Like right now, I'm seeing rain on the radar, and only a county, or two away, and I know that's a flash back. Can't be real. No spiders, no rain..it can't be real..it can't...the men in white coats...they're coming...they're coming for me...because I see rain....I SEE RAIN!!!! Ahhhhgggggg..
 
Rain Cold said:
I don't mind bugs all that much. Not crazy about bees, and I try to stay away from where they are. But the one-off bee just buzzing around me doesn't bother me. He just curious.

The worst is mowing over a yellow jacket nest though. You don't know it initially, but it doesn't take long to learn that you have just got yourself into a spot of trouble.

I will say that watching someone running wildly away from a bees nest is one of the funniest things to observe (I've been that guy several times)....kind of along the same lines as watching someone's umbrella blow inside out. I don't know why that's funny, but it sure is.
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A buddy of mine and I were replacing some steps on a deck, and when one step come up with crowbars and hammers, yellow jackets exploded out, and since Sam was closest there were on him like the plague, he was banging his arms and legs with the crowbar and hollering while I backed off, and yes, it was funny, but only for a few years, until I was cutting down a pine along my drive and suddenly fire erupped on my legs, below my shorts, then under my shorts...and I was sure I'd messed up with the chainsaw. I looked down expecting to see blood and carnage, but my skin was yellow and black and moving. Left the saw running in the tree, since I was standing on a yellow jacket nest, and took off running. They chased me all the way into the house...and I wasn't laughing then, even when I puffed up like a balloon boy. Somehow your own misfortune isn't near as funny, lol.
 
dsaur said:
A buddy of mine and I were replacing some steps on a deck, and when one step come up with crowbars and hammers, yellow jackets exploded out, and since Sam was closest there were on him like the plague, he was banging his arms and legs with the crowbar and hollering while I backed off, and yes, it was funny, but only for a few years, until I was cutting down a pine along my drive and suddenly fire erupped on my legs, below my shorts, then under my shorts...and I was sure I'd messed up with the chainsaw. I looked down expecting to see blood and carnage, but my skin was yellow and black and moving. Left the saw running in the tree, since I was standing on a yellow jacket nest, and took off running. They chased me all the way into the house...and I wasn't laughing then, even when I puffed up like a balloon boy. Somehow your own misfortune isn't near as funny, lol.
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Man that sounds terrible! I certainly wouldn't laugh at that! I have never gotten into it that badly. I got 8 stings one time and that's as bad as I've got it.
 
Looks like mostly a swing and a miss is incoming on the potential rain today. Gahhh

Unless you take the HRRR as gospel. Please let it be right for me, please...
 
Looking at the radar my yard may find a way to screw this up today

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