Wood

Planned this weekend to get our wood under cover. It was all cut and stacked in the woods... just needed to be split and stacked in the shed. The weather was rainy and drizzly, but the job needed to get done 'cause the next three weekends were spoken for. Saturday was a productive day and we were able to get four trailer loads of wood done. Sunday was a different story.... We started splitting only to discover that this pile of wood was loaded with ants. Took lots of time to get rid of them, but we got that load in the shed. Went back out to move the splitter and Lee felt a sting. Yellow jackets were swarming out of a hole beside one of our piles. Lee doused it with spray and we started working in another place. He moved the tractor and flew off the seat. More bees were attacking the tractor. He couldn't get back on and it was still running. We regrouped and took a trip to Lowe's. After $52 worth of foggers, and sprays and lots of protective clothing, we won the war against the bees. We moved the tractor, stacked the rest of the wood and called it a day. Luckily there was only one sting!! Lesson learned... don't disturb wood piles in the fall.