I should have bought a lottery ticket yesterday.
I was out after work giving the grass a badly needed haircut.
I had scoped things out beforehand and thought that everything was clear, which matters since I suffer anaphylactic shock when hit by yellowjackets.
Typically, if you run the mower over a nest, the first notice you get is a burn in an ankle with many more similar burns as the little hornets swarm you in defense of their nest. You abandon the mower and run for the house with a cadre of flying warriors in hot pursuit. Been there and done that a few of times, including my younger years before I was so badly impacted.
Anyway, about half done and sweating like a pig I decided to take a beer break.
I looked back over the area I had already mowed and noted a number of the wee devils flying into and out of the ground.
I had actually mowed right over a nest and the yellowjackets had done nothing at all.
I was both pleased and amazed at my good fortune.
Like I wrote above, I should have bought a lottery ticket.
I was out after work giving the grass a badly needed haircut.
I had scoped things out beforehand and thought that everything was clear, which matters since I suffer anaphylactic shock when hit by yellowjackets.
Typically, if you run the mower over a nest, the first notice you get is a burn in an ankle with many more similar burns as the little hornets swarm you in defense of their nest. You abandon the mower and run for the house with a cadre of flying warriors in hot pursuit. Been there and done that a few of times, including my younger years before I was so badly impacted.
Anyway, about half done and sweating like a pig I decided to take a beer break.
I looked back over the area I had already mowed and noted a number of the wee devils flying into and out of the ground.
I had actually mowed right over a nest and the yellowjackets had done nothing at all.
I was both pleased and amazed at my good fortune.
Like I wrote above, I should have bought a lottery ticket.