Never Had a Stink Bug in This House in 15 Years. 7 Things a Logger's Wife Does in October

The stink bugs came up this ridge in the fall of 2011. My neighbor across the road counted three hundred on her south wall one October afternoon, and she's had them in her curtains every winter since. Not one has ever gotten inside this house. I'm Ruth Sawyer. I've kept a logger's house on Sawyer Ridge, Pocahontas County, West Virginia, since 1977, and every dollar this house ever spent is in a ledger on the shelf behind me. These are the 7 things I do every October, in order: the window unit comes out, the screens get checked, the attic vents get screened from inside, the south wall at three o'clock, the door sweep, the three vent flaps, and my mother's dish pan and jar for the few that find a way anyway. For each one I read you the receipt, what it cost then, and what it costs now. Together they came to $14.50. Tell me in the comments what your mother or grandmother did to keep the fall bugs out, your county, and what she called them. The one with the most comments is the one I open the can for next. Next time: the 12 things I put in the pantry before the first snow. Ruth Sawyer is brought to life with the help of modern AI tools. The prices, the receipts and the methods are real and checked. I'm not an exterminator. If something in your house bites, call somebody today. This isn't a homemaking channel. It's a ledger somebody kept for 49 years. Write it down, friend. Paper remembers. #stinkbugs #pestcontrol #fallhome #frugalliving #oldways #appalachia #westvirginia #homemaintenance