Flamethrower imo. That thing looks more like a hornet nest than a wasp nest, but it is hard to tell from the pic.

Maybe you could tape the lid shut and drill a tiny hole in an inconspicuous place and zyklon them

Open the mail box, shove in a Honey Badger and close the mail box.

FYP

I'm definitely using the flame thrower for the one in the bush. Sorry about the bush honey.

Oh the bee-manity!

I'll take "Things you don't say to the wife in bed" for 200, Alex.

That's a ****ing man right there, folks.

A+

Legit lol’d

As a guy who climbs a lot of ladders and has been stung by wasps on roofs more than once, the scariest thing in that wasp video is that guy's ladder safety. He comes pretty close to falling. There are a lot of wasp nests on eaves. One time I got stung very near the edge of a two story roof. You just watch the wasp sting you when that happens and don't try any swatting or evasive maneuvers that can get you killed.

sprayed the nest and half the mailbox. one got loose and started coming after me, knocked the ****er out of mid-air with the spray from the can.

Seems like a good result. And nice shooting!

Be sure to knock the nest down and keep an eye on that same spot in case they decide to re-build as they often do. It's much easier if you catch them early.

IMO

Hi Homeowner pals,

Paid a friend(at the time) to help me raise the supply and return lines to my boiler. I have hot water rads and the lines were too low in the basement to meet code after soffit and drywall and whatnot. Long story short, job is about 95% done and hes ghosted me.

I detected a leak in what im assuming was a defective union. replaced that. Pressurized the system to about 20psi on Wednesday night. now sitting at about 15 psi.

doubled checked and made sure all bleeder valves are closed. I went through the supply and return line and sprayed just about every fitting with soapy water. I don't see any bubbles anywhere.

Anyone have any good tricks for finding leaks or can advise me on the next step?

Also, boiler is not even 4 years old and worked fine last season so im assuming there isn't some kind of failure in the boiler itself.

The hornet nest died a quiet quick death. Sprayed it from up close at night and there was no counter attack.

Excellent!

Would love some input for my noob homeowner self.

Bought a new house recently, and we'd like to do some landscaping to the backyard so it's more enjoyable.

Main priority is to get rid of all bark dust and lay weed tarp + some combo of river rock/gravel/stone/pave (opinions welcome on those), and then extend our patio out to the fence line, or close to it.

Need advice on what our general strategy and expected price should be depending on which materials we go with.

Things to consider:

-The corner I'm standing in for the 1st picture drains terribly, and being in the PNW it just pools there for days due to the grading being a little off + drainage sucks here with our layers of clay, so if we don't extend the patio all the way what's our game plan there? Lay some sand underneath whatever else we go with?

-For the patio extension, is paver the only/best way to go? Or do we just rip out that section of grass and do some kind of rock/stone? We'd like to have a firepit + patio furniture out there

-We have a Labradoodle (hence the dead grass spots + desire to get rid of all bark because it clings to her fur and then slowly falls off throughout the house), so we'd like to keep the remaining ~2/3 of the lawn healthy, but even with fertilizer + steady watering it looks terrible. It definitely needs to be reseeded, but am I just always fighting an uphill battle here with a female dog?

-We had 1 landscaping company come out for a quote, and they said if we just did tarping + 11 yards of river rock (their estimate) + edging the lawn, they'd charge around $3,000 for everything. Seemed like a lot since that didn't even include doing anything with the patio, but I don't have any experience in this area so that may be perfectly reasonable.

*Getting a 2nd consult/estimate tomorrow, so I'd appreciate any input on other ideas we should be considering and what $ amount seems reasonable.

Thanks!

What the hell is the racetrack around your grass? Is that common there? And why on the sides of the house?

Patio to the fence line on the side yard? Do you just mean pouring more concrete there? Doesn't seem like a big enough area to make much difference. If you wanted to go back a ways you could make room to BBQ or put up a swing chair or something like that.

Some river rock sounds nice. I lived in the PNW for about 5 years and hate all the bark.

nice race track. put down some sugar for traction and you are good to go

Wouldn’t sugar attract like, everything? Or do you lay it down right before racing and it gets all used?

Ideally, I'd like concrete or something smooth like stone or whatever on that entire little side yard for wheeling the lawn mower/yard waste bin etc., but we'd also like that extended the other way outward where we could eventually do firepit/patio furniture/etc.

Sorry if that wasn't clear, so yea it'd be a lot of extra pavement or whatever else, but I don't really know what I'm doing so figured I'd seek opinions.

I think it's just quick/easy/cheap for builders, but yea we hate it, obviously.

I would get rid of the racetrack thing and plant grass. Train the dog to use the side part of the house that is fenced in (once you have established grass there). Google how to train dogs to use certain parts of the yard.

What kind of grass do you have? Assuming it's a cool season grass, you are approaching the ideal time to seed. The urine spots and such will come out eventually once the dog is trained to use the side yard.

Also, I've found weed tarps to be largely ineffective and a pretty big pain in the ass when you decide to pull them up. They pull up in bits and pieces. It's easier and more effective, imo, to just apply preemergent for weeds, especially with such a small space. Google some youtube videos on prodiamine.

Did you talk to the landscaper about the drainage issue? That should probably be tackled first before anything else.

surprisingly enough, it really didn't attract any extra bugs. did it once every couple months when i had the track