We've got ants! No, not in the house, thank heaven, but all over our hummingbird feeder. It was suggested that we slather Vaseline all over the hanger ring of the feeder because ants wouldn't walk through it. Nope, didn't work. Once the Vaseline hardened, as it does in time, they just walked over it. So I "googled" ants on a hummingbird feeder and found that what we needed was a moat! Ants won't cross water or so I hear anyway. OK, we'll try it. Bob took a cap off a spray can of Scrubbing Bubbles bathroom cleaner, drilled a hole in the bottom big enough for the hanger ring to fit through and then used some type of sealer to make it water tight. After refilling the feeder with the nectar and filling the moat with water we sat back and watched. The ants came, they marched across the plant hanger the feeder hangs from and down the hanger ring and stopped, turned around and marched back. These same 4 ants tried it over and over again. I think we've found a solution. We're keeping our fingers crossed.
This afternoon Bob made his way to the local VFW club to find out what kind of activities they have planned in the upcoming months. It seems to be a very active club so we're looking for something that will fit our time off. They are having a very big picnic on Memorial Day but of course that falls during our work hours.
We grilled steaks for dinner and then settled in for the two hour finale of American Idol. Jordin won and it was well deserved. Here I thought we had heard the last of Sanjaya and darn if they didn't showcase him in a segment and his singing was as bad as ever.
That was pretty much it for our day.
1 comment:
RVing with you has been so educational!!! Let me know if the cap with water works so I can use it on my feeder!!!
Elaine
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