Terminator Friday

I love animals. Most of the ones I know, anyway. Most of the time.
Until yellow jackets moved into our composter.

They, or rather one of them, bit Miles. We thought it was just one of those things that can happen in your backyard. We didn't know we had a whole nest of them right there in our green, boxy friend.

Then came the day when I emptied a bucket of coffee grounds and tea leaves. I wacked it against the composter to get all the stuff that alwasy sticks to the bottom of the bucket. Well, hello, yellowjackets! They came out like something from a bad horror movie, and they were mad! Luckily, I got bitten only twice, but it hurt (I don't know what the dickens are, but it sure hurt like them).

How do I get rid of them without chemical warfare? Today I went to the garage and got my little blue friend, the shop vac and the biggest vacuum hose withe longest extension.

I set it all up, with the deadly end of the vacuum hose right by the "entrance." All I had to do was give the composter a couple of wacks, and out they came - only to be sucked into eternal darkness.

Terminator Friday.