The Paper Bag Trick

 I'm guessing most of you have heard that hanging a brown paper bag will deter wasps from building a nest in that area?

I'd heard it but put off trying it until last autumn.

this is the view from where I sit with my laptop

if I raise that privacy blind it is clearer, but the security screen is still hard to see through especially if you are outside trying to see in. 

Anyway, see that little blob in the upper right corner? It's a brown paper bag with scrunched up newspaper inside, tied off with string. I hung it one day last March when I noticed a couple of wasps hanging around. I went outside and saw the beginnings of a paper wasp nest, so I brushed that away and tied the bag to the security screen and haven't seen a single wasp since. 

Here's something to make you laugh, a quote I "borrowed" from somewhere long ago and printed out to stick among the pictures on a photo board:

I wish I could remember what font that is because I like it.