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23-06-2008, 19:01
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is ringin ya jingle bells
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: In a world of me own
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Ant farm
Does anyone know how to get rid of ants...in my lawn??
Just finished mowing the thing and seen my grass moving!...on closer inspection, there were loads of the little blighters hobbling along with what i presume are eggs (white things) all in one little bundle .....now how do i get rid without harming me grass?
Tried mowing and sucking em up, but no the little buggers are still there
HELPPPPP
cheers 
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23-06-2008, 19:55
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is ringin ya jingle bells
Join Date: Oct 2004
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Re: Ant farm
I take it no one has a garden..  .......
oh maybe this thread has been missed 
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23-06-2008, 20:11
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Re: Ant farm
I’ve heard that ants don’t like boiling water…lol you can understand why. Don’t know if that is going to wreck your lawn, plus I cant see it being a permanent fix, don’t you have to find their nest and deal with that 
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23-06-2008, 20:22
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is ringin ya jingle bells
Join Date: Oct 2004
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Re: Ant farm
All i can see is a patch of grass with ants in it and what looks like their eggs, i thought the eggs would be hidden but they are not.....theres no hill or moulds, why would they nest just on the lawn?
anyway need to get rid as my son got bitten once, so im presuming it was one of those ants that did it 
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23-06-2008, 20:24
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: overlookin' ducks n geese
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Re: Ant farm
Sprinkle a trail of sugar into next doors garden. 
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23-06-2008, 20:26
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is ringin ya jingle bells
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: In a world of me own
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Re: Ant farm
LOL.....they have a paved garden!
This is what they look like on my lawn...but in grass

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23-06-2008, 20:33
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Location: Accrington
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Re: Ant farm
You can buy stuff from the likes of B & Q or even Asda do something I think. It kills the Ants, sprinkle it down, they take it to their "nest" and should kill them off i think
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23-06-2008, 20:43
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Re: Ant farm
Quote:
Originally Posted by panther
LOL.....they have a paved garden!
This is what they look like on my lawn...but in grass

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someone been throwing rice crispies away lol
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23-06-2008, 20:43
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I am Banned
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: wherever i lay my hat
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Re: Ant farm
put some salt down, you can get it cheap enough from the supermarket, they hate the stuff (so i was told by my mate last week, she had them and it worked)
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23-06-2008, 20:46
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Join Date: Oct 2007
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Re: Ant farm
You can buy a product called " nippon " from wilkingsons .
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23-06-2008, 21:50
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Naughty but nice member
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Blackpool, Lancashire
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Re: Ant farm
On a cheaper note some normal pets bed sprays seem to work but you really need to find all the nests in order to get shut
Good luck with this one.
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23-06-2008, 22:30
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Lymm, Cheshire
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Re: Ant farm
I think you've got ants with a serious psychological problem.
My garden is, just about, one large ant hill but they are all underground. They don't cause much of a problem until they decide to swarm and mate (probably any day soon) when all the males come out with ridiculously large wings and fly around looking for a bit of nooky with a potential queen. I'm sorry to say I usually stamp on the poor little beggars before they can say they didn't die wondering.
I have never had ants' eggs out in the open in my garden. They are usually very solicitous of their babies and tuck them up in underground nurseries. When disturbed, I've seen them scurry away with the eggs in their jaws trying to find anothe | |