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How to Get Rid of Fire Ants Naturally soap or dish soap measuring cup garden sprayer Combine all of the ingredients in your sprayer jug. Close the sprayer and shake to combine. To use, thoroughly spray the ant mound, concentrating in the center to attempt to “get” the queen of the ant colony. Completely soak the entire mound and about 6-12 inches around the mound as well, for good measure. I occasionally shake the jug as I go around the garden spraying, to make certain all of the ingredients stay mixed. By Constance Smith
Now as much as I love gardening, and as much as I prefer to avoid Ever wondered how you can kill using chemical pesticides, I have fire ants naturally in the yard or tried many, many ways to get rid garden... and actually get rid of of the fire ants. Normally the end them? Learn a safe and effective result is the mound simply moving way to get rid of fire ants, it’s even to a new spot, or coming right good for organic gardens. back a week later. Living in the south, one of the bigLast year I discovered a natural gest challenges about gardening, method that actually worked. Not or quite frankly, having a yard - is only fire ants. I treated that raised bed in the earNaturally getting rid of ants in ly spring, just before it was time to your house, is simple to do, but plant. And I didn’t have to treated fire ants? Those are a serious it again all summer. challenge. Fire ants really love disturbed soil, or raised beds. That makes gardening a bit hazardous. If you have ever accidentally stood in, kneeled on, or stuck in your hand in a fire ant mound, you know what I mean.
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Warm weather and longer hours of daylight make spring a perfect time to imagine a home’s interior design in a new light. The following are a handful of decor ideas that may inspire homeowners to give their homes an entirely new look this spring. • Wallpaper: Wallpaper fell out of favor years ago, but new styles that aren’t so heavily patterned can make for wonderful additions to any room. Large-scale prints can give a room a whole new feel without giving homeowners or their guests the impression that they have
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