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Lorie Marler
True Blue Farmgirl
265 Posts
Lorie
Guymon
Ok
USA
265 Posts |
 Posted - Jul 20 2010 : 06:51:49 AM
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Is there a natural remedy for ants?? I am over come with them. We barely were able to have a picnic in our backyard last weekend for being eaten alive.
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Mama Jewel
True Blue Farmgirl
435 Posts
Jewel
Sweet Peas Farmette,
Bend, OR
USA
435 Posts |
Posted - Jul 20 2010 : 07:19:36 AM
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I highly recommend Diatomaceous Earth (DE). It's organic & safe to use *around* children & pets (we get the "food safe" quality, but obviously *not* to ingest, it's just so that it's okay for backyard/garden use) from our local Farm & Garden supply. It's most effective if you sprinkle it (it's a white powder) around the ants nesting area so you get more at the source. DE is made from fossils, so it's "shard-like" to the pests like slugs, ants, earwigs. Hope that helps.
Farm Girl Sister #1683 Living Simply & Naturally on our lil Sweet Peas Farmette
"Do Everything in Love." 1 Cor 14
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1badmamawolf
True Blue Farmgirl
2199 Posts
Teresa
"Bent Fence Farms"
Ca
USA
2199 Posts |
Posted - Jul 20 2010 : 08:29:03 AM
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I have used cornmeal for many years, the ants bring it back to their nests, and injest it, but, can't digest it and die.Just sprinkle along their trails, around their nests, or put in jar lids where you see them.
"Treat the earth well, it was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children" |
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Lorie Marler
True Blue Farmgirl
265 Posts
Lorie
Guymon
Ok
USA
265 Posts |
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1badmamawolf
True Blue Farmgirl
2199 Posts
Teresa
"Bent Fence Farms"
Ca
USA
2199 Posts |
Posted - Jul 20 2010 : 3:40:47 PM
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When I use the cornmeal, usually in a few days that nest is history, then i go to the next nest, or use it along their highways, and againwithin a few days they are gone too.
"Treat the earth well, it was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children" |
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Annab
True Blue Farmgirl
2900 Posts
Anna
Seagrove
NC
USA
2900 Posts |
Posted - Jul 20 2010 : 6:12:54 PM
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Try diotomacious earth
I sprinkled some of this around the front porch, and they all disappeared!
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Lorie Marler
True Blue Farmgirl
265 Posts
Lorie
Guymon
Ok
USA
265 Posts |
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Mama Jewel
True Blue Farmgirl
435 Posts
Jewel
Sweet Peas Farmette,
Bend, OR
USA
435 Posts |
Posted - Jul 21 2010 : 1:44:33 PM
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You get diatomaceous earth (DE) from Farm & Garden supply places as well as garden centers.
Farm Girl Sister #1683 Living Simply & Naturally on our lil Sweet Peas Farmette
"Do Everything in Love." 1 Cor 14
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Bear5
True Blue Farmgirl
13055 Posts
Louisiana/Texas
USA
13055 Posts |
Posted - Jul 21 2010 : 8:11:14 PM
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I hate those ants. If anyone is going to get bit it'll be me. When I do yard work I wear my boots. And their ant piles spread all over the place. When it rains the ants come into the carport area. For a while I would mix Dawn detergent with water and pour that over the ant mounds. It worked for a while, then I think the ants got used to it. LOL
Marly
"It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth- and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up- that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had." Elisabeth Kurler-Ross |
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lovingewe
True Blue Farmgirl
212 Posts
marlyn-neleh
norwood
Ontario
Canada
212 Posts |
Posted - Jul 25 2010 : 11:44:59 AM
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I have a lot of ants this year too, in the house! Can't find the nests. I have used Ant Be-gone. They bring it to the nest and it kills the ants in the nest. However it takes about a week to work!
Marlyn
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shunger
True Blue Farmgirl
224 Posts
Suzanne
Helena
MT
USA
224 Posts |
Posted - Jul 25 2010 : 5:32:55 PM
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| I got bitten this morning. I'm like you Marly -- they find me and bite me. The ants are trying to take over the herb garden. I immediately went inside and got cormeal. They were on it the second I spread it on the ground. I am hoping they go away for good. Late today, there were not as many ants as earlier. Suzanne |
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Lorie Marler
True Blue Farmgirl
265 Posts
Lorie
Guymon
Ok
USA
265 Posts |
Posted - Jul 25 2010 : 9:31:50 PM
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well I still have not done anything about those darn ants. Been too busy but when I took the garbage out I found 3 new mounds. I need a reminder to get out the corn meal.
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shunger
True Blue Farmgirl
224 Posts
Suzanne
Helena
MT
USA
224 Posts |
Posted - Jul 26 2010 : 7:47:03 PM
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| Corn meal seems to have reducted my ant population. They need another dose though. Suzanne |
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1badmamawolf
True Blue Farmgirl
2199 Posts
Teresa
"Bent Fence Farms"
Ca
USA
2199 Posts |
Posted - Jul 26 2010 : 7:56:36 PM
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Suzanne, just keep feeding them until they are all gone, gluttony is ONE of the 7 deadly sins, isn't it,hehehehehe
"Treat the earth well, it was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children" |
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FieldsofThyme
Farmgirl Guide & Schoolmarm / Chapter Leader
4928 Posts
USA
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shunger
True Blue Farmgirl
224 Posts
Suzanne
Helena
MT
USA
224 Posts |
Posted - Jul 27 2010 : 7:39:21 PM
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| I will continue to feed the glutinous little ants. I don't like them. I keep hoping the birds will do them in -- but so far they prefer the worms. Suzanne |
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MarionCountryGirl
True Blue Farmgirl
76 Posts
Marla
Hemet
Ca
USA
76 Posts |
Posted - Jul 30 2010 : 5:32:57 PM
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Will the cornmeal or diatomaceous earth work on fire ants (the huge red ones that really bite)? I had seen a few in the yard but this afternoon when I went to check my hens the red ants were all over their enclosure. All over their food bowl and water crocks. My poor ladies were backed into a corner screaming. I wonder if they got bit? Well they will eat anything that moves so fire ants must not taste good. I let them out into the bigger back yard until I can get a handle on this. Hubby will want to spray but I feed my ladies organic food and spray just will not do! Any advice is greatly welcomed.
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shunger
True Blue Farmgirl
224 Posts
Suzanne
Helena
MT
USA
224 Posts |
Posted - Aug 03 2010 : 7:27:35 PM
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| The cornmeal continues to work. The ants aren't gone entirely, but their numbers are cut considerably. suzanne |
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