Wednesday’s Weeding, Watering and What to do…
Good morning my sweet gardening friends. I wanted to share a quick Wednesday post with you about the weeding I need to do, watering and to pick your brains for suggestions on ‘what to do‘ with these darn ants I have here in my Zone 8 yard and in some of my edible container plantings.
I had a great suggestion from a fellow blogger and reader about my ants. I am looking forward to trying out her suggestion but first I need to save up my egg shells. I have about 10 ant piles and I am willing to try different organic remedies to get rid of these little boogers!! Let’s just start by saying planting MINT does not work, at least not for me. I have a patio pot full of mint AND it is now boiling over with ANTS!!! ugh!!! Cucumber peels did seem to work if only by relocating the little rascals to another patio pot!!! LOL So instead of ants in 3 of my container plants I have them in only 2!!
Weeding Wednesday looks like this
Watering Wednesday: no need to water because of our daily downpours. I only need to water my flower pots on my front porch. Watering on Wednesdays helps me to remember to water my potted plants.
What to do…with these darn ANTS???
Best wishes for a wonderful Wednesday and thanks again for stopping by for a quick visit. 🙂 I enjoy reading your comments, tips and suggestions. Also feel free to leave me a link of your blog and I will make plans to stop by to do some digging.
Dana
Wish I had some suggestions, but haven’t had ant problems yet. Slugs and cabbage moths and worms, but not ants. Maybe this year, there always seems to be something new to contend with in the garden. Good luck to you.
Thank you and best wishes with your pests problems.
I’ve never really worried about the ants that I have here, but you can make up a spray of lemon water which they don’t like.
I’ve also used double sided tape on pots to stop them from climbing up the side, but I think the easiest method is to simply pour boiling water on the nests that are around the home: then wait a day or two and dig up the nest in one go with a spade and pour more boing water in the area to kill any ants that escaped the first round.
thanks for your helpful suggests. 🙂
Well, those are some impressive ant mounds. If they’re fire ants, I think I’d call an exterminator. Those things are dangerous!
not sure they are fire ants but I do know they hurt when they bite. lol
Corn meal will solve your problem. Will need to be reapplied after rain if more ants are seen. Potted plants just sprinkle some around the lip or around the base. Another option is spent coffee grounds. Good for soil, not good for ants. Learn more at http://thestjohngardenclub.com/2014/04/28/ants-b-gone/
AWESOME!! we have plenty of both corn meal and spent coffee grounds. 🙂 tks also for the link
great suggestions for ants:-) I use vinegar in the house on the counter but I don’t know about outside-may hurt plants?? I look forward to following your garden:-)
Thank you Robbie. I will remember to use vinegar inside. Our outside ants are just doing their thing for right now. We have had tons and tons of rain lately and are just now drying out. Soon school will be out for the summer and that is when we will attack!! LOL