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Gardening: My pomegranate tree is being attacked by ants!

I love looking outside and seeing how well our pomegranate tree is dong this year. We've raised it over the past 6 years from a tiny sapling and now it's producing some beautiful fruit. ...»

But the other day my daughter came running inside screaming, "The patio is swarming with ants!" I went out to see what was going on and I see a ton of ants making a line across the lawn and headed directly for the pomegranate tree. They were climbing up the trunk and crawling all over the leaves! By nature, I'm the "live and let live" type when it comes to insects outdoors. So I left them alone, assuming they could do no harm. But this morning I noticed that many of the tree's leaves have shriveled up and I'm afraid that ants will kill the tree or at least ruin the fruit.

Does anyone have any information that can help me?

First of all, why are the ants suddenly attacking this tree?

Can they do real damage?

If so, what is the simplest way to get them to stop and keep them off of the tree?

I prefer a natural remedy to using chemicals, but if only chemicals will help I'm willing to go that route.

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    you have aphids and the ants are "farming" them use neem oil biweekly until no more ants
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I found this at an old home site and need some ideas, as how to use this somewhere outside.
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Cleaning & Organization: I've had my stove (Maytag) about two years and have never cleaned the

oven. Until recently, it didn't need it. Now it does. I've never had a self-cleaning oven until this one and after quickly reading the instructions, I'm hesitant to turn it up to 500 degrees for so long. Is it better to do that or to clean it with an oven cleaner? Oven cleaning has never been a favorite thing of mine. Which works better? Self-cleaning or DIY? And if DIY, what's the easiest way to do it? In the past, I've always bought something like Easy-Off, but would rather go a more natural way, if possible.

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Gardening: Planting corn?

I'm looking for advice about growing corn. I'd like to plant some in my backyard, but I have a lot of questions. Does corn need a lot of sun? What type of soil is good for growing corn? Does it require a lot of water? Also, when is the best time to plant? Spring or fall?
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Gardening: I bought a somewhat leggy tomato plant and upon looking online to see

how to plant it, I found a video that said to put it into the ground sorta lying on its side but then pull it up into the upright position. Said the part underground would form roots and send up new plants (I think that what's she said). Shown here is a screen shot from the video showing how she's lying part of it down into a long hole in the ground. She also said to put some bone meal into the planting hole to produce more tomatoes instead of more green parts. Ideas on whether any of this is a good idea?

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  • This is the pond in front of our house.  Built by previous owners.  Fun, but dirty w/the trees surrounding.
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Outdoor Living: Our Front Yard Pond and Other Projects

We just purchased this house and it has a great 3/4 acre yard with a pond in front. It has a fountain, w/a spray fountain (see white pvc pipe in pic). We like it OK, but it is dirty as it ...»
is under the trees and gets lots of leaves in it. The fountain leaks in back and the water keeps getting lower and lower, probably a hole in the liner somewhere.

So we are thinking of filling in the pond w/small red lava landscaping rock on bottom (lots of this in a garden we are redoing and I dislike it), then river rocks on top w/the fountain still bubbling up in the middle. Any suggestions on how to do this properly so that the water will not leak out, and we don't have to continue to refill the water level? Thanks for any ideas, I live in Wyoming so there is LOTS of snow in the winter and it is only used in the summer months.

Now we are also going to redo the front of the house w/a full length deck (eventually a roof over it). Have some cinder blocks, and thought about using wood decking over them w/the blocks as support. Do we need to place the blocks in sand to level? Or how should we proceed?

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Kris Lee Jackson, WY 5 days ago
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    Kris Lee 4 hours ago
    Carla, ...»

    thanks for the info. However, in Wyoming our winters last for 6 months, at least. The pond freezes to the bottom solid, so I don't think the fish would survive. I am attaching a couple of winter photos of a couple of years ago, the snow just would not stop.


    • My hubby blowing the snow away from the driveway
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    • This is the snowbank that hubby blows the snow to.  The neighbors house and trees are just visible above the bank.  They also have a 5' block wall that holds a berm that the trees are on.  So you can get a jist of our winters
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Design & Décor: Chevron Wallpaper

I am looking for Chevron Wallpaper :( any suggestions? OR I would like to find wallpaper remnants, please HELP!
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Home Rejuvenator Kimberling City, MO 7 days ago
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    Thank you so much Rosi!
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Painting: To Paint or Not

I have a vintage iron chaise white with some rust. and a glass top table to match. Do I paint it? If so what color? I'm torn and need help with the decision. I'm open for all suggestions, it's in good shape with nice wheels

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Frankie Laney Oceanside, CA 5 days ago
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Gardening: Get the Yucca Out of My Yard

I'm trying to get rid of some yucca plants that came with our home we purchased last year. As I was digging, I discovered HUGE tubers attached to these lovely guys, which made me think ...»
these spiky specimens might be tougher than I first thought. Any advice on how to get rid of them for good?

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    Sia@South 47th 20 hours ago
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    Yeppers, Epsom Salts is Magnesium! Good for so many many things. Internally? Just be careful if you suffer from kidney/renal problems. ;)

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Crafts: I Made This Lamp Just an Idea? Now I Need a Snap on Shade. Good Luck!

I just had a thought? As you all know my son is in the marines, I Had just made this shade out of a whim, I am now hoping to find a clip on shade that goes with the bulb? Good Luck to me.
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Phil Ruston, LA 5 days ago
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    Go Bulldogs! Class of "77. Any particular instrutions of tips. BTW...If the helmet idea is too ...»
    heavy to be supported, any Army surplus (sorry, never seen a marine surplus) store will have the old helmet liners from the WW2, Korean War or Vietnam War days. Much lighter and smaller.

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