Someone dumped their garbage and a dog got into the bag. The garbage included two bags of sugar. Great. I did try out some Ortho Max Flying Insect Killer which worked really well on killing yellow jackets.
Someone vacuumed up a lot of screws also.
Vintage John Madden Walker Muffler sign
Look! I went back to the 1970’s! You can also purchase this from some guy on ebay.com $7.99 plus shipping. I could give you the location of this sign if you are a clepto.
Have you ever wanted to try powdered chemicals?
Well, I have always wanted to try powder but never have. I purchased JBS Industries Hydro White Powered Tire & Engine Cleaner (BN 07257). I purchased it from KR (JBBX5401 $47.57 for 50 pounds). The label says to add 1/2 to 1 pound per gallon of water then dilute up to 25 to 1. So I gathered up all my supplies to make some tire cleaner.
I purchased a 5-gallon paint mixer from Finish Factor and some measuring cups from the Dollar Tree. I forgot to bring my scale to weigh the powder so I decided that 2 cups equaled a pound.
Steps: 1) Add water to bucket, 2) Open powder, 3) Add 10 cups of powder to water, 4) Stir with paint stirrer (Optional: you can also put the top back on to avoid some spilling.), 5) Done, 6) Test
The tire cleaner looks really nice and was very foamy. But it was not very green. Maybe I will change the tip in the hydrominder or add more powder next time? Next time I will also try using a 15 gallon drum instead of a 5 gallon bucket, and then I could stir the cleaner faster.
Yellow jacket drowning update
The random beer bottle drowned around 3 and the Mountain Drew, acid, sugar trapped all the rest. It did a very good job, but I think they just are drowning and not being poisoned? Whatever the case, the Sprite bottle did better then the Mountain Dew bottle.
Since the majority of the yellow jacket were drowned I decided to hang my Sterling Rescue Fly Trap with the solution (I have picture so you can follow along).
1) 1/2 cup sugar, 2) 1/4 cup boric acid, 3) 1/4 cup Mountain Dew (with backwash from garbage can), 4) stir until most of the lumps are gone, 5) install
The first arrow is the Yellow Jacket Trap and the second arrow it the Fly Trap. Just a side note: Greg said that the solution should be heated to combine the solution together. I just put it in the sun to heat and combine together.
A little Boric Acid in the eye never hurt anyone?
(Boric Acid is an inactive ingredient in Visine.)
Well hopefully boric acid in yellow jacket’s mouths and eyes with kill them (or at least work better then the catch and release program). Greg recommended using boric acid, sugar and water. I used some sugar, boric acid and Mountain Dew. I thought since the yellow jackets love Mountain Dew that it would be a good substitute. I know what you are thinking: Where do I purchase boric acid? The answer is at CVS ($9.19 for 12oz.) or a pharmacy and ask the pharmacist because it is on the other side of the counter, but it is over the counter, if you know what I mean. The second picture is the amount of Mountain Dew and sugar I used. I just added about a tablespoon of boric acid.
The first picture shows Sterling Rescue Yellow Jacket Trap it trapped one yellow jacket, good job! So I decided to put the bottles in the garbage cans that were yellow jacket infested. It only took a minute before the first yellow jacket started to taste death (I hope).
The first 2 pictures are minutes after I installed the Mountain Dew mix. The last 2 pictures are when I left the car wash. The yellow jacket population really calmed down (not really sure if they died or they just where too full and sleeping). Some stupid yellow jackets drowned at the bottom of the bottles.
Sterling Rescue Yellow Jacket Trap
What, no pesticides! Is there a catch and release law or something? I installed this device with a piece of copper tubing I found on the ground and I hope this works. I am running out of Stainless Steel Polish.
Hydrominder problem
The chemical hose needed to be shortened it was hardened and enlarged. This hose is for the presoak.
How to kill yellow jackets? Part 2
Yellow jackets were swarming around this garbage can. Today, I tried Zep Stainless Steel Polish. This worked pretty good also. The yellow jackets seem to fly away and die.
I got to purchase a new battery today!
I got to purchase a new battery today which is great. I did not install the battery but he asked me if I wanted to do it.
Cutting down more trees
Before
After
Now I have a lot of trees to throw away.