"Andy Coles" wrote in message news:
> We have been attacked by ants who have invaded the grass. We can see
them
> and there are patches of top soil that has been pushed to the surface
Dig
a
> little into this surface soil and you can see ants scurrying around and
ant
> eggs laid there.
>
>
> Does anybody have any ideas what I can do to get rid of these pests. I
was
> wondering if there was a Verdone sort of thing you could spray onto the
> grass from a watering can but instead of killing weeds selectively does
the
> same but for ants.
>
> ANY ideas at all will be most welcome.
Keeping the grass mowed short, dispersing the soil brought to the surface,
rolling the surface flat , seems all that is necessary to dissuade the
ants
from doing serious harm on my lawns, though the grren woodpeckers continue
to visit for the rich pickings to be had from unending ant supplies.
In undug parts of the shrubbery I sometimes find ' ant cities ' , mounds
of
upto a foot or so high where generations of ants have been 'building'
undisturbed for years ~ until eventually a spade is needed to remove the
excess top soil.
Anthony
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