the borax and sugar barely made a dent. will try again, in much larger quantities.

the ones displaced from before have tried to renest in my mailbox, in my potted lemon tree (outside) ...

put everything in the freezer that had been there a year or more in the turkey pan, intending to see if anything was still any good. has now sat for 3 days. (sigh) probably no good anyway. need a deep freeze.

knee replacement still giving me problems ( swelling, inflammation, pain, stiffness) so have joined a chronic pain and chronic anxiety therapy group. really a bummer this time of year. barely got my greens seedlings in; expecting 100 degrees+ this weeken d, so didn't dare wait any longer. deep watering NOW.