One of my original Cape Cod bird houses was mounted in our yard for the last few years (Picture on the left) Unfortunately instead of attracting a bird family it attracted wasps and became filled with a wasp nest. I had to destroy it because there was no getting the nest out once I had killed the wasps.
Decided on a new design. I call it a Hobbit House since it is roughly based on a Hobbit design (big round door, round windows and curved roof) I have added the design feature suggested by Blaine to avoid wasp infestation in the future.
100% Cedar and made with proper outdoor glue.
June 12, 2013
rbellis11
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3 responses to “New Birdhouse”
Janine
June 12th, 2013 at 16:18
Nice looking house… Pop of orange is fun
rbellis11
June 13th, 2013 at 17:56
I was going to make the door and window trim red, but when I looked through the sites for actual Hobbit houses, Orange was more authentic. Remember that this house will turn gray as it ages so the Orange will look even better.
Blaine Ellis
June 23rd, 2013 at 09:14
I had a similar problem with the birdhouse in our back yard….that is to say the wasps had invaded it as well. I cleaned it out and this time applied my now patented solution you referenced in your blog. Working well.