Re: Ants, Ants Everywhere!

**"Deborah Mills" d*@greencure.org**

It was late last night when I responded to your question. Another thought I
had regarding ants in your compost was what kind of materials do you have in
it? If it is heavy on kitchen scraps this could be attracting them. If you
are only using green waste generated from the garden than my first reply
would address the issue (don't let it dry out and turn more often). If you
do have plenty of kitchen scraps I would back off on adding anymore at this
point. Too, make sure they do not contain meat, oils, or dairy products. If
you need nitrogen to fire-it-up, I would use a steer or chicken manure.

Hope this helps,
Deborah Mills
Green Cure, Inc.
www.greencure.org

> Help!
>
> We have ants in the compost, ants on the tomatoes,
> ants on the corn, the zinnias, sunflowers and about
> everywhere else it seems.  Is there a safe way to get
> rid of these pests without resorting to a
> comprehensive pesticide spray application?  Trying to
> keep away from this, if possible.
>
> Walter,
> Zone 10 (Southern California)
>
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