Last year, we had a couple of wasp nests – one in the orchard and another in the bottom field. We were lucky. A very nice badger came along and dug both of them up and then ate the lavae. This year we have a wasp nest in the vegetable patch. Given that the have a couple of months to go before they reach the end of the season, we decided that we had to get rid of it. Otherwise, someone (me, Jo or the dog) are going to get stung. Jo got stung last year and she isn’t that keen to be stung again.
Given that it is a vegetable patch we weren’t that keen on using pesticides here, however, we are assured that the chemicals breakdown as soon as they are exposed to sunlight. Even so, I don’t think that we will be planting anything at this end of the vegetable patch this year.
Jo’s idea was to whack the wasp’s nest with a mattock and then run as fast as you can! I think the only thing that this approach would guarantee would be some pissed off wasps. Alternatively, you can get someone suitably attired to spray them with chemicals. I’ll vote for the man with the can!
Not quite sure what is going on here, but it looks like the insecticide might being having an effect!