permaculture

[mIEKAL aND <dtv@mwt.net>]

I've tried this, it works for the very smallest of hills.  Some of  
the hills I have here are 5' x 5' across—I've dug down 2-3 feet in  
search of the queen & not seen the bottom of them.  Plus I have  
literally hundreds of them on our 3 acres.  I don't want to remove  
all of them, just the ones popping up in the middle of planters,  
trees, & other in the middle of pathways.  Interestingly enough, once  
fall begins they all retreat & go down under, but this time of year  
they are climbing on every tree, bush, vine, plant on the whole  
property.  Luckily these are non-biting small black ant & they don't  
seem to damage much except some fruit.

~mIEKAL


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On Aug 1, 2007, at 11:19 AM, paul wrote:

> I get rid of ant mounds using this easy method. Remove the top of  
> the mound with a shovel and then continue to dig down another 4"/ 
> 10cm. Set a garden hose to trickle into the depression so that  
> there is no runoff but the basin is always full of water. Leave  
> this in place for 2 weeks. Ants move or drown. I have clay soil so  
> it doesn't seem to use much water. I don't know if it would work in  
> sandy soils. This method has worked well for me.
>
> Paul Cross