HIPPYVALLEY

Thanks, just read up on it. I’ll get a bag. Not sure I would do the vacuum trick again but it was kind of fun and it certainly seemed to work. It was an area of yard I didn’t really want to use a lot of pesticides on so it was a worthy experiment.

I tried the shop vac trick today on a ground wasp nest (yellow jacket) and it seemed to work! Long hose on the vacuum and I duct taped it to my fully extended snow rake handle. I slid the end of the nozzle in front of the hole from 15’ away, ran to the garage and plugged it in. After running it for about 30 minutes there was no more flight activity around the hole. Kept it running while I dragged it back to safety and taped the opening shut. Now I need to let it sit for a few days in the sun. i’ll investigate again in the morning. The neighbors probably thought I was crazy out there in a hooded ski jacket, mask and goggles.

But what about inches and inches?

It literally only rained for about a minute here.

Just scored 2 1/2 cords of dry hardwood for $400! 2 years aged mostly oak with some maple and birch. I have to load and unload it myself but can’t beat the price.

China has huge purchase orders for US corn this year due to all of the flooding there. Time to buy corn futures?

My buddy in The Mission said San Francisco was over 90 today. Thats rare.

Pretty nice day, hit 92 here but was not as humid in the afternoon. 2 trips to the neighbors pool today. Once after brewing and once after dinner. Water 82F. 74/64 now, we take.

I may go ahead and buy the Sun-Fri Berkshire East season passes for the family this week. I don't know what conditions this winter will bring but under $1200 for the 3 of us is a good deal. If school is virtual all winter I anticipate a lot of afternoon trips to the mountain.

Not sure I'll stay awake for the line of T-storms since they seem to be losing their mojo. 75/66 may be my warmest 11pm reading of the summer.

Outside of Ozzy, many of the kids don't even know who they are... Pioneers of Heavy Metal! Of course Cream, Uriah Heep and Deep Purple have something to say about that too.

82/70 at 10:30 am. This morning doesn’t actually feel as bad as yesterday. That probably has a lot to do with the-cloud cover.

I want to know more about these "disturbing movements of planets"

Still 74/66 here. Hit 93 today, gotta' check but that might be my high for the season.

Yikes, on a Monday night?

Once an hour?

75/69 GFS looks pretty dry right through late August, especially Eastern areas.

How do you get an inch of rain in five minutes? Solid sheets of water falling from the sky?

When it was so dry here in June our house was filled with sugar ants. Terro Liquid bait traps work great but they take a few days and they will attract dozens of ants but then one day they’re just gone.

Yeah, I would've had to change my pants after that.

Don't forget about Tianjin China:

64/56. 68% RH in the house. August evening.

Yeah, I had a foot out the door but our head brewer left, I’m tight with Jess, our new brewer and we are going to rock out some good beers. I like our current team (4 of us lol) and my wife pointed out I am lucky to have a job I like in this climate.