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ants

I agree with Pam, who reminded us that insecticides, commercial fertilizers
and herbicides have effects far larger than the immediate effect we are
looking for, i.e., killing one "pest."

We're having a huge ant season here in So Cal, and when I see a path of them
in my house I do tend to take steps to eliminate them, and I have used my
dog's flea spray on them, but very sparingly.  Mostly they just turn
themselves around and walk back out of the house.  I've found they vacuum up
quite well, actually, which I learned from when the cats bring in dead birds,
which seem to attract ants.

When there's just a few ants here and there inside the house, I either wipe
them up or ignore them.  I can't *imagine* why ants in your garden or
anywhere outside your house would be such a concern that you would seek to
eliminate them!  Hasn't it occurred to you that you might not completely
understand the role of ants -- or many of the other garden creatures which
are more of a nusiance than anything else -- in your garden or in the world?
 Don't you realize that when you use poison to eliminate one "pest" you will
eliminate many insects you might want to keep -- spiders, ladybugs, etc.?

How ever do you cope with gardening at all, what with its constant barrage of
"icky" insects, bugs, worms, spiders, grubs, rot, dirt . . .

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