Is there a safe way to deal with ants in your lawn?
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We have really poor grass in this area because it is the "dog" area - fenced in for playing and pottying...plus the soil is very sandy and shaded by many jack pine trees. Is there a safe way to deal with the ants? I say leave them, hubby wants them gone. I worry about the dog.
You can use presweetened cornbread and muffin mix, or you can use food grade dematiaceous earth. Both are harmless to humans and pets.
Pour sugar mixed with Epsom salts down the holes.
Intruding ants can be so irritating. There is a safe, inexpensive, method to get rid of them. You will be pleasantly surprised! Best of all, it WORKS. Here it is: https://www.hometalk.com/diy/outdoor/pest-repeller/ants-safe-and-effective-cure-36651130?r=2
Ants: Safe and Effective Cure
Interesting on the Jiffy! I suppose I could keep our pup out of the area for a day or two and just rake it all up after the ants die? I can see her (puppy) having a field day eating it too....
Wow, your yard is really punctuated with these pests. What works really well is Jiffy cornbread, do not bake it. Take the package and sprinkle it around your yard. You may have to have several packages because of the number of ant hills. Repeat if needed. It destroys them.
Corn meal they take it back to the hole all eat and die!
I use packaged cornbread mix that says it is sweetened and put it where they are. They will take it to the mound, everyone will eat it and die, they can't digest the cornmeal, but will take it because it is sweetened. Little goes a long way.
I read this from : Itsmemic
Medicated powder from the Dollar Tree. It has eucalyptus in it...menthol...I puff it around my homes foundation..and inside under my birdcages in the cracks under moldings. Work immediately and they never come back. I do this at the first sign of ants..in one day..GONE. The powder is in a very large container and lasts quite awhile too !! And smells great !
Not toxic to my birds OR dog