BBQ at Tim's house!
OK, I'll come clean: I suggested the Cream of Wheat because it has
actually worked for me. I have no idea what the mechanism is, but
pouring a box of dry Cream of Wheat on an anthill was amazingly
effective. I did one application, and it reduced the number of ants by
about 90%. I can only imagine what more than one application would
do.
Shannah
On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 9:33 AM, Tim <tputland@charter.net> wrote:
> Guess I may have misunderstood mark's post. I assumed he was getting
> complaints, off list, about OT posts.
>
> Back to my issue....
>
> I have tried baits. The peanut butter based one I used was drawing bugs of
> all sorts including one beatle that got it's head stuck in the trap and
> there it died. I will look for the other types/brands suggested.
>
> Cream of wheat? OK, I have enough hills to deal with, I will test this
> method on one of them.
>
> As for the torch suggestion, I have one hill that is thriving around and
> under my fire pit so not sure how effective fire would be. But, I will say
> this, IF I resort to this method, it won't be with a torch, I would pour
gas
> and then be able to stand back and light a "fuse". Hell, I have enough
> hills, I will gas one as well.
>
> I was told boiling water works. Any one ever heard of this method?
>
> I am also tempter to dig one out, into my wheel barrow, until I find the
> heart of the nest and then the queen. I could then use the torch to kill
the
> little bastards as they swarm out of the piles in the wheel
> barrow.....bwaahahaahahaahahaah fire fire!
>
> Thanks everyone!
>
> tim
>
>
> On Sun, May 13, 2012 at 7:51 PM, Mark J Bradakis wrote:
>
>> I'll say that folks don't need to flag postings that are not about cars
>> as off topic. We cover a LOT of ground on this list. The combined
>> knowledge of the subscribers is pretty impressive. I may even be
>> posting about my old Craftsman electric lawn mower soon, it kissed
>> the turf today.
>>
>> Sorry I can't help with the ants, though. I can help with Team.Net,
>> updated
>>
>> http://www.team.net/status.html
>>
>>
>> mjb.
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