[SG] Fire Ants!

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• To: s*@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
• Subject: [SG] Fire Ants!
• From: D* N* <J*@PRODIGY.COM>
• Date: Fri, 27 Mar 1998 18:00:59 -0500

Hi,
This just came in my mailbox from the OGL newslist about an hour
before your message did.
Thought I would send it on. Hope it helps.

Dale  Neil
Zone 5 ILL.

..................................From OGL newslist 3/27/98...........
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>There has been lots of discussion about fire ants and I've tried
many of
>the solutions brought to our attention.

>I've been working on a particularly stubborn mound of late, but I
>finally did it in, without even considering toxic chemicals.

>The secret is spent coffee and tea grounds.  And, whereas, ants
hate
>coffee grounds, earth worms love it.  Coffee grounds are also a
good
>source of nitrogen containing 2.08 percent, according to How to
Grow
>Vegetables and Fruits by the Organic Method by (the late) J.I.
Rodale
>and Staff (1971).

>Since I don't consume enough coffee to have grounds, a nearby
coffee
>house has saved them for me.  I wish to thank whomever had this
>wonderful idea!
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