Re: OT: Fire Ants
- To: Multiple recipients of list <i*@rt66.com>
- Subject: Re: OT: Fire Ants
- From: A* R* <a*@austx.tandem.com>
- Date: Wed, 28 May 1997 14:51:40 -0600 (MDT)
> Fire ants (despite constant swollen knuckles) are beneficial in several
> ways. On our farm we have:
> 1) no slugs or snails
> 2) no grasshoppers
> 3) no catepillars
Yes and they will kill earthworms when they surface :-( And they
DON'T get the insufferable pillbugs that are causing me major damage.
> That said, they are still a problem, but one that we tolerate. We do go
> through about 5 gal. of diesel fuel per summer on the mounds where the
> kids play.
OUCH! This is illegal!!!!! Plus highly polluting to ground water...
have you tried Logic? It works for us... we have a 4.5 year old
daughter and all her friends and a fairly large suburban yard...
--
Amy Moseley Rupp
amyr@austx.tandem.com, Austin, TX, USDA zone 8b, Sunset zone 30
*or* amyr@mpd.tandem.com
Jill O. *Trades, Mistress O. {}
