Ants, ants and more ants, can anyone lend me thier pet ant eater?
R6 Biker
I'm not much of a gardener but do like to keep it looking nice.
However my biggest problem is ants (red ones) spoiling my lawn and creating
nests bringing up the soil.
Can anyone offer any good advice as to how I could get rid of them once and
for all?
I've tried powder which didn't seen to have any affect and it looked
unsightly.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated
Regards
Ian
trevor.appleton
minutes planting out gypsophila on Sunday and dug up three nests. Every pot
or paving slab has a nest under it, but they tell me however many I kill,
more will just come in to replace them. It just makes sitting on the lawn
out of the question from Apriol to October.
Would also like to hear of remedies.
(I was told they dislike lemon and will move away from it, has anyone with a
bad ant problem tried it?)
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M K Rogerson
R6 Biker <Ijho...@btinternet.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> I'm not much of a gardener but do like to keep it looking nice.
>
> However my biggest problem is ants (red ones) spoiling my lawn and
creating
> nests bringing up the soil.
>
> Can anyone offer any good advice as to how I could get rid of them once
and
> for all?
>
> I've tried powder which didn't seen to have any affect and it looked
> unsightly.
>
> Any advice would be greatly appreciated
>
Powders like Nippon will control numbers to an acceptable level but you will
not rid your garden of them, which is probably, on balance, a good thing.
Many will tell you to leave them alone they're doing you no harm. I'm afraid
having been bitten many times after accidentally disturbing their nests in
my own garden I advocate the use of deadly force in any area you want to
sit/lie during the summer months. Black ants I leave alone unless they are
raising the soil through my much loved Alpine cushion plants.
Martin R
Alan Gabriel
R6 Biker <Ijho...@btinternet.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> I'm not much of a gardener but do like to keep it looking nice.
>
> However my biggest problem is ants (red ones) spoiling my lawn and
creating
> nests bringing up the soil.
>
> Can anyone offer any good advice as to how I could get rid of them once
and
> for all?
>
> I've tried powder which didn't seen to have any affect and it looked
> unsightly.
>
> Any advice would be greatly appreciated
>
>
> Ian
>
>
If ants survived the bomb on Hiroshima, what chance do we have with ant
powder? I have tried for years to get rid of them with limited success.
If possible break open the nest and use ant powder or boiling water.
--
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Judith Lea
<Ijho...@btinternet.com> writes
>Can anyone offer any good advice as to how I could get rid of them once and
>for all?
I don't think you really mean to get rid of them completely as the are
quite a necessary addition to your garden.
However, as one who has been bitten and crawled over many time, I find
the easiest way is to just lift a bit of turf with a spade, pout boiling water
into the nest and then pop the turf back on again. You won't get rid of
ants completely but at least you will be able to lay on the lawn again.
--
Judith Lea
Jill Bell
<l...@nanime.demon.co.uk> writes
> pout boiling water
>into the nest and then pop the turf back on again.
My Dad used to swear by a dose of lighter fuel and a match.
(New twist on the old joke...how do you make a cat/ant go woof!)
Jill
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cormaic
<l...@nanime.demon.co.uk> enriched all our lives with these words:
>However, as one who has been bitten and crawled over many time,
Are we still talking ants, here, Judith? I have this mental
image of you, prostrate on the deck after another of your little
mishaps, writhing in agony, calling for Edward and then an army of
ants marches across your face.....It could only happen to you! :~)
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Judith Lea
cormaic <cor...@NOSPAMTODAYTHANKStmac.clara.net> writes
> Are we still talking ants, here, Judith?
Naughty!
> I have this mental
>image of you, prostrate on the deck after another of your little
>mishaps,
You are not far off the mark there. Some years ago we were on a little
uninhabited island off the Cote D'Azure and there were naturists there.
Well says I with my best prude voice, "tut, tut, honestly they deserve to
get a burnt bottom exposing it like that!!" At that EXACT moment, I
absentmindedly scrated my upper leg which had a slight itch and found
my bottom heaving with ants, big ones that bit.
To cut a short story even shorter, a very pink in the face prude woman
was seen running with an even redder behind, quite bare for all to view.
In my effort to get the heaving hoard off me, I took off my bikini and
legged it into the sea.
Moral, never tut tut again.
--
Judith Lea
John Neale Baraclough
from Judith Lea <l...@nanime.demon.co.uk> contains these words:
>
> cormaic <cor...@NOSPAMTODAYTHANKStmac.clara.net> writes
> > I have this mental
> >image of you, prostrate on the deck after another of your little
> >mishaps,
> To cut a short story even shorter, a very pink in the face prude woman
> was seen running with an even redder behind, quite bare for all to view.
> In my effort to get the heaving hoard off me, I took off my bikini and
> legged it into the sea.
an even more vivid mental picture, Judith :-) One of many to treasure.
Janet
Clive Lea-Swain
R6 Biker wrote in message <8jqjep$sm1$1...@neptunium.btinternet.com>...
>Hi,
>
>I'm not much of a gardener but do like to keep it looking nice.
>
>However my biggest problem is ants (red ones) spoiling my lawn and creating
>nests bringing up the soil.
>
>for all?
>
>unsightly.
>
>Any advice would be greatly appreciated
>
>Regards
>
>Ian
>
alone. I don't know weather they die just b**r off but it does shift them
and it does not harm the lawn. I have tried it and it has worked for me. I
bought a tin and the instructions for use were great, I now use it to clean
my greenhouse, sterilise soil and wash my Dahlia tubers, there are many
other uses too.
Cheers Clive.>
Karen.Mountford
> This area (Driffield , East Yorkshire) is notorious for ants. I spent 10
> minutes planting out gypsophila on Sunday and dug up three nests. Every pot
> or paving slab has a nest under it, but they tell me however many I kill,
> more will just come in to replace them. It just makes sitting on the lawn
> out of the question from Apriol to October.
>
> Would also like to hear of remedies.
>
> (I was told they dislike lemon and will move away from it, has anyone with a
> bad ant problem tried it?)
>
> "R6 Biker" <Ijho...@btinternet.com> wrote in message
> news:8jqjep$sm1$1...@neptunium.btinternet.com...
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm not much of a gardener but do like to keep it looking nice.
> >
> > However my biggest problem is ants (red ones) spoiling my lawn and
> creating
> > nests bringing up the soil.
> >
> > Can anyone offer any good advice as to how I could get rid of them once
> and
> > for all?
> >
> > I've tried powder which didn't seen to have any affect and it looked
> > unsightly.
> >
> > Any advice would be greatly appreciated
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Ian
> >
> >
Does vaseline smeared around each leg of chairs etc deter them? Maybe you need
to give up on the blanket/towel and invest in a lounger or two. In Africa they
are recommending washing mosquito nets in a solution of pyrethrum, I wonder if
this would work on a blanket?
Karen (Coastal Suffolk)
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Julie White
<cl...@lea-swain.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
>If you water the nest with a solution of Jeyes Fluid they with leave you
>alone. I don't know weather they die just b**r off but it does shift them
>and it does not harm the lawn. I have tried it and it has worked for me. I
>bought a tin and the instructions for use were great, I now use it to clean
>my greenhouse, sterilise soil and wash my Dahlia tubers, there are many
>other uses too.
I have been advised to use Jeyes fluid (in winter) on the soil
surrounding my roses and pyracantha (I think they both have black
spot).
Trouble is, there are ivies as ground cover, and bluebell bulbs
underneath - how will they appreciate me pouring Jeyes fluid over
them?
Julie White
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Robert Davies
<ju...@kitefliers.co.uk> wrote:
On Thu, 6 Jul 2000 20:02:19 +0100, "Clive Lea-Swain"
<cl...@lea-swain.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
>If you water the nest with a solution of Jeyes Fluid they with leave
you
>alone. I don't know weather they die just b**r off but it does shift
them
>and it does not harm the lawn. I have tried it and it has worked for
me. I
>bought a tin and the instructions for use were great, I now use it to
clean
>my greenhouse, sterilise soil and wash my Dahlia tubers, there are
many
>other uses too.
I have been advised to use Jeyes fluid (in winter) on the soil
surrounding my roses and pyracantha (I think they both have black
spot).
Trouble is, there are ivies as ground cover, and bluebell bulbs
underneath - how will they appreciate me pouring Jeyes fluid over
them?
Julie White
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I read somewhere that Jeyes Fluid is deadly poison to cats, which has
put me off using it to clean the patio any more (though I did in years
past and the moggy always survived). Any truth in this, does anyone
know?
Martyn R Arnold
and are still chemists and live in Earls barton. You can email them at
jeyes_ea...@yahoo.com. They have lots of old books etc. about the
product.
Earls Barton is at
http://www.northamptonshire.co.uk/guides/earlsbarton/
Martyn
who always lurks but never posts 'cos he just digs where he's told to
and mows the grass
>I read somewhere that Jeyes Fluid is deadly poison to cats, which has
>put me off using it to clean the patio any more (though I did in years
>past and the moggy always survived). Any truth in this, does anyone
>know?
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