Yellow Jackets

[Carol Dee]

I am liking the you pick flower farm more and more

Here she is http://www.misseffiesflowers.com/index.html

 

[Nyboy]

Very cool do you know about how many acres she has

 

[Carol Dee]

Very cool do you know about how many acres she has

Nope. She is kind of small. Yet she has planted flower everywhere! You can cut from anything she has. Maybe 2 to 3 Acres. That is counting her yard. This is her home

A sign along the driveway

Just a few rows of flowers , early season, much fuller now.

 

[Nyboy]

What a great way to make a little money from something you love.

 

[majorcatfish]

Nope. She is kind of small. Yet she has planted flower everywhere! You can cut from anything she has. Maybe 2 to 3 Acres. That is counting her yard. This is her home View attachment 27817
A sign along the drivewayView attachment 27818
Just a few rows of flowers , early season, much fuller now. View attachment 27819

got to ask whats the wire over the plants for..?

 

[Nyboy]

So she doesnt have to stake plants

 

[Carol Dee]

Exactly @Nyboy they are to support flowers as they grow, no flopping over @majorcatfish

 

[Zeedman]

The family & I went for a walk last week, after dinner. We passed a house along the way, and I noticed a huge hornet nest in their tree, about 10' above the sidewalk to their front door. It was about 12" across, and very active. There are a lot of children in that area, so I let the home owner know about the nest. We went for another walk last Sunday, and I looked at the tree, expecting to see the nest gone. Nope!!! Still there, and even bigger. IMO, the home owner is begging for disaster. One of my childhood memories is of unknowingly walking under just such a nest, and suddenly finding a swarm of angry wasps around me, being stung several times as I ran.

Hornets are temperamental, you never know what will set them off. One year hornets built a nest under the raised deck by the pool, no one knew it was there, and no one was stung, UNTIL... DD was sunbathing on the deck one day, and I turned on the pool pump. Apparently the hornets didn't like the sound of the pump, because I looked up to see hornets swarming through the deck, and around DD. I yelled at her to run, and as she did, she was stung several times. Had I not warned her, it could have been much worse. I am justifiably wary of hornet nests in locations where people will be in close proximity.

 

[seedcorn]

I wonder if we are calling 2 different hornets by same name? The ones in our front yard were peacable (mowed under their nest) and ate every yellow jacket close to our place. I welcome them back.

 

[thistlebloom]

That's what I was thinking too.