I wasn’t going to talk about this and then I thought, Louise
come out of the closet, it’s your time.
So confession time is here. I
have pantry moths. But that isn’t the
bad part, what I was doing every morning to get rid of them is. This may help someone else if they are more
careful than I was.
Phase one. First thing, get
your starter cup of coffee; you will need your strength to do battle with these
little bastards. Sit quietly, drink
you black gold and contemplate the task ahead.
Begin phase two. Quietly open the pantry door, sneak in, and silently close the door behind
you. You don’t want them to know you are
there. Do not turn on the light, repeat
no light. Now look around and locate
them on the ceiling and walls.
Carefully grab your broom. I have
a pretty pink broom I purchased, not for just this purpose but it worked great
for a while. Side bar; you have to be super-fast
or they fly away and hide. Where they
hide I do not know, but off they go till tomorrow morning. Ok. back to the broom, start smacking them
with the bristles. Sometimes if you are
fast and stealthy you can get two or three at one time. Do this till they go and hide, get your
second cup of coffee and plan for tomorrow morning.
This is where I want to warn you what can happen. While I was wildly swinging my pink broom I
knocked off $20+ dollars of balsamic vinegar. Of course it crashed to the floor
and shattered everywhere. But I did not care, I was beating those winged demons
this time and winning. Except, I didn’t know
the pink broom had come in contact with the vinegar on the floor. When I was done and turned on the pantry
lights I noticed there were streaks of vinegar all over the ceiling and some of
the walls. It resembled a faux finish of
sorts. Long story short, my broom
stinks, the pantry needs a new paint job, the moths laugh at me and my friend
Deb is bringing me moth traps with pheromones in them.
I’ll keep you posted.
