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ANTS are one of the most troublesome and annoying common household pests in Queensland. During spring and summer, they begin building their mounds and start searching for food, and if we’re not careful, they may start taking up residence in our homes.

Fortunately, there are many easy and effective methods for preventing ants from entering your home.

The first sign of ants making their way into your home is scout ants.

These rogue ants take their “scout” name very seriously, and their entire job is to find sources of food for the colony.

If you notice one of these ants scouring about in your kitchen or other living

Keep surfaces in and around your home clean, and make sure food items are cleaned up and stored in sealed containers to prevent ants from finding a food source.

Store food (for both people and pets) in sealed, airtight containers. Restricting access to food sources means that ants won’t be able to gain access and will steer away any other pests who may be looking for a food source at the same time.

Seal cracks around windows and doors and the foundation of your home with caulking to eliminate many of the obvious entrances for ants to use.

These sealants will degrade over time and with exposure to the elements, so it’s best to keep an eye on them and reapply eliminate their trails to prevent them from continuing to enter your home.

A simple application of a vinegar/water mix along the length of the ant trail will disrupt the ants and force them to find a new path to their food source.

Deploy ant baits around active areas. Instead of immediately killing the scouts, you can use these baits to eliminate the colony itself, not just the few ants that find their way into your home.

Control ant colonies around your property by applying exterminating products to the colony itself and the area immediately around the colony. Wiping out these colonies properly will eliminate the entire colony and prevent them from spreading out and creating a new home elsewhere.

Proper application of an ant barrier (insecticide) around the perimeter of your home’s foundation will help to steer scouts away. While there are products available from local hardware stores that can help, this is best left to professional pest controllers like Luke, your local pestie, from FRP Termite and Pest Management (0474 811 333), as they have products that are more effective than those available commercially.

Projects in the yard with Hinterland Trees

DO you want to get the yard tidied up these Easter holidays?

Then call Wayne from Hinterland Trees to discuss their services.

Wayne and his team are passionate about servicing the local Hinterland area and love to help people around their properties.

They have a fantastic Easter Day Rate Special on offer to tackle some of those bigger projects to spruce the place up and remove unwanted or unsafe trees.

Hinterland Trees are proud to be a family-owned and operated business. Their team is fully trained and qualified, with over 100 years combined experience and they are committed to staying up to date with all the latest developments in the field.

They have extensive knowledge and experience that allows them to tackle a wide range of tree-related issues. Whilst they are dedicated to completing every job to the same high standards of quality and service, the safety of their people – and yours – is their top priority.

Hinterland Trees are also looking for new people to expand their company, so they are keen to welcome young or old talent and skill from the local community to join the team.

Call Wayne on 0477 732 170 if you’re interested.

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New local excavations business has a real sting in the name

SCORPION Excavations may be a new local business offering a range of excavation services, but Justin and his team may be quite recognizable from their other local business, Scorpion Sheds.

“Our clients would often ask us if we had an excavator or if we could recommend anyone to come and do work for them, so we thought it would be a good venture to go into as our clients wanted someone they could trust,” says Justin.

Scorpion Excavations offer a range of services. They have a Tipper Truck plus a Posi Track with a level bar, a 5 tonne Excavator with a digging depth of 3400 plus 300, 400 and 600 Augers attachments. With this equipment, they can dig holes for shed slabs, create new driveways, dig large holes for tanks or works, and dig out different sized pools, just to name a few services.

They can also come in and get rid of your tree stumps, old leaf litter or rubbish on sites, as well as prep for concrete slabs or dig holes for footings. If you’re needing to bring in soil for fill or rocks onto your property, they can even spread them out or move them around your property to where they are needed.

Justin says, “even though we are only a new company, you may have already seen our combo driving around, we have been doing a few local jobs recently in Glass House Mountains and Beerwah.

“We pride ourselves on being a local company, who offers fair prices and our service is quick and efficient.”

If you have any questions or are not too