luketrash
05-27-2004, 10:10 AM
I have noticed 3 different carpenter ant colonies in my yard. I'm looking for ways to kill the ants, but not kill the grass.
They make about a 1.5' circle of dirt up above the grass, and I want them gone, so they don't start gnawing on my house.
What are some good ways to kill them off?
I don't have any pets as of yet, so that's not a concern. I have seen bug killers that spray with your garden hose and I wonder if that stuff is any good? It's about 10-15 bucks for a bottle of it...
In other news:
My yard originally started out looking pretty ratty when I moved in this winter. I've been mowing about once a week though with my rider, alternating directions with my rider (east-west/north-south)
Last night I decided to break out the lawnboy push mower to do a diagonal pattern in the front yard. I'm really liking how simple mowing (and a lot of rain) has helped bring the lawn up to par.
I had several brown spots and grassless spots I threw down seed on in April, and this is what my front yard looked like after last night:
http://www.whiteboard.net/~luke/housework/05_26_2004/freshly_mowed.jpg
They make about a 1.5' circle of dirt up above the grass, and I want them gone, so they don't start gnawing on my house.
What are some good ways to kill them off?
I don't have any pets as of yet, so that's not a concern. I have seen bug killers that spray with your garden hose and I wonder if that stuff is any good? It's about 10-15 bucks for a bottle of it...
In other news:
My yard originally started out looking pretty ratty when I moved in this winter. I've been mowing about once a week though with my rider, alternating directions with my rider (east-west/north-south)
Last night I decided to break out the lawnboy push mower to do a diagonal pattern in the front yard. I'm really liking how simple mowing (and a lot of rain) has helped bring the lawn up to par.
I had several brown spots and grassless spots I threw down seed on in April, and this is what my front yard looked like after last night:
http://www.whiteboard.net/~luke/housework/05_26_2004/freshly_mowed.jpg