[Groop] Regarding Ants - A different approach

Chris Schechner cschechner at sbcglobal.net
Wed Jun 25 08:56:26 PDT 2008


A couple of replies:

I think just about anything is appropriate for this forum (except for some
clown declaring himself mayor of the groop.)

Did you really stay up until 3AM just to find a time that the line was less
populated?!?

Just who is that Stephanie Meyer?

Chris (AKA Glorko...yes, that Glorko!)


on 6/25/08 11:01 AM, Stephanie Mortimer at rufferta at cox.net wrote:

> 
> I realize this is totally inappropriate for this forum, but I would like
> to advocate a different approach to the ant problem.
> 
> At an organic gardening event a few years ago Andrew Lopez gave me a
> copy of his book NATURAL PEST CONTROL. The first chapter "Dances With
> Ants" has a lot of suggestions on dealing with ants in the house and
> garden.
> 
> In the house, the first thing you have to ask yourself is "Why are they
> here?" If it is because they found food then you need to clean up
> everything and seal up that big bag of sugar* or whatever. Ants leave
> special scent paths, so try to scrub down their path**. I also will try
> to confuse them by spraying different aromatherapy products, but it can
> take a while until all of the ants have forgotten where they found the
> goodies.
> 
> In the garden, you should remember that ants can help pollinate some
> plants, but they also can farm aphids, which are harmful. Here, you need
> to make sure your plants and your soil are healthy and can fight back.
> 
> Andy Lopez' book (and his website) have a lot more information. If the
> first methods he suggests don't work, then he offers further possible
> solutions. But the bottom line is (I quote) "....you will not be able to
> eliminate ants entirely from your environment, and ....you would be wise
> not to do battle with them, but to communicate with them and to reach a
> mutual understanding."
> 
> Stephanie (not that Stephanie Meyer) Meyer
> 
> *The ants were all marching back and forth to the big bag of sugar in
> the cabinet. One of the more literate ants kept messing up the line by
> running when he came to one stretch. Another ant, annoyed, asked "Why
> are you in such a hurry?" The literate ant said "Didn't you see the sign
> 'Tear along dotted line?'"
> 
> **I don't like to kill things (I know, what am I doing in a Groo
> forum?). I wanted to scrub down the ant path when they weren't there,
> but they seemed to be 24-hour. As far as I can tell, though, they slow
> down around 3am.

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