Burdock and Pricker Bushes

For those of you who have followed our lives at all over the past six months you probably know our house is home to more than just Patti, Erik, me and the dogs.  We also get  exciting visits from mice and, our favorite, bats.  After a summer of being terrorized by the bats we decided it’s not going to happen again next year…

Our solution?  More than a case of clear caulk, a couple cans of Great Stuff, and some excitement getting tangled in black berry  (prickers) and burdock bushes.  Today was a perfect day to do it.  The sun was out, the temperature wasn’t too cold, and best of all the bats had moved out for the winter allowing us to seal all the cracks in the siding without fear of trapping them in the house (and giving them incentive to find their way INTO the house.

Undertaking this project should also help reduce the drafts we feel throughout the long cold winters!  (Maybe it won’t feel so cold in here?)

So, only time will tell.  Hopefully we reduce the drafts in here (we’re also winterizing where we can and adding insulation and such) and just as important, if not more, we’ll be rid of our bat problems!

Our next projects?  Cleaning the shed and getting rid of the mice that seem to think our walls are going to make a good home!