http://www.livingsmall.com Slow Down. Breathe Deeply. Simplify. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:11:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Subscribe with My Yahoo!Subscribe with NewsGatorSubscribe with My AOLSubscribe with BloglinesSubscribe with NetvibesSubscribe with GoogleSubscribe with PageflakesSubscribe with PlusmoSubscribe with The Free DictionarySubscribe with Bitty BrowserSubscribe with Live.comSubscribe with Excite MIXSubscribe with WebwagSubscribe with Podcast ReadySubscribe with WikioSubscribe with Daily RotationThanks for subscribing to LivingSmall, I hope you find encouragement here to pare down and live it up! http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/livingsmall/wktY/~3/C6OEkdy8hEQ/ http://www.livingsmall.com/2013/06/carpenter-bees-how-to-get-rid-of-them-with-this-diy-trap/#comments Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:43:01 +0000 admin http://www.livingsmall.com/?p=866 My cabin is cursed with carpenter (wood boring) bees this time of the year. They buzz around trying to pretend that they are harmless bumblebees, hoping I won&#8217;t notice that they are eating holes in my cabin&#8217;s woodwork, in my porch swing, in the hand-made trim from my father. Grrrrr! I don&#8217;t like using pesticides on the farm and my &#8230; <a href="http://www.livingsmall.com/2013/06/carpenter-bees-how-to-get-rid-of-them-with-this-diy-trap/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><div class='yarpp-related-rss'> Related posts:<ol> <li><a href='http://www.livingsmall.com/2012/05/easy-diy-fancy-hair/' rel='bookmark' title='Easy DIY Fancy Hair'>Easy DIY Fancy Hair</a> <small>My daughter&#8217;s 8th Grade Dance was last night. She wanted something special for her hair and I wanted to do it myself. This is what we did. 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