We live in an area that hosts very large ant colonies; i.e. in large ant hills about the yard.
I use a product called "Bug-Be-Gone" made by Green Cross. It can be found, at least around here, exclusively at farm co-op stores. This stuff can be harmful to children and pets, so I put an over-sized x-pen around the ant hill, covered (with wire mess) until the stuff does its job, usually about two or three days. After the treatment, thoroughly soak the soil, even turn it over with a shovel, and leave it for another day or so. Rain helps also. Then you can remove the x-pen and all is well. This stuff is absolutely murder on ants; pun intended. It also works on ear-wigs, grubs, termites and other creepy crawly things. It has yet to fail to do the job and some of the ant hills have been two feet in diameter. Following the instructions carefully, it can also be used indoors around ant collection areas. Remember, THIS STUFF CAN BE HARMFUL TO CHILDREN AND PETS, it should also not be used near ornamental fish ponds, so be extremely careful how it is used. Max Mayling ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carol Richards" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2002 8:42 AM Subject: [CKCS-L] ant killer > I'm interested in what anyone uses to kill ants that really *works* but is > not poisonous to our dogs. I am having a terrible ant problem, and do this > time every year. I have used Diazonon(sp?) but it is so poisonous that I > would love to have something touse that I would not be afraid of the dogs > getting near. > > > Carol Richards > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.geocities.com/carolscavaliers/ > "My little dog, a heartbeat at my feet." > Edith Wharton > > ========================================================= > "Magic Commands": > to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL > to start it up gain click here: > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL > > E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. > Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html > > All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 2002 by its original author. > ========================================================= "Magic Commands": to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL to start it up gain click here: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 2002 by its original author.
