How to get rid of garden ants?

There are a few suggestions that work hap-hasardly. The ants just move to another location in my yard. Try a mixture of borax and icing sugar. They carry it into the nest and it's supposed to kill all even the queen. I've found Tempo insecticide works best for me but I don't want it in my vegetable garden. Another trick I haven't tried yet is to use a bottle of pop. One last suggestion is to use minute rice. I don't have any idea how that would work.

Ok they are thatching ants, sometimes called mound ants. They are beneficial mostly, but they can bite & that hurts. Here is an article I found beneficial. https://s3.wp.wsu.edu/uploads/sites/415/2014/12/EB0929_ThatchingAnts.pdf

I haven’t tried this myself, but just read that Jiffy cornbread mix sprinkled around their nest hole will kill them and the Queen because they can’t digest it. The writer recommended Jiffy because it is sweet, and the ants love it.

Sounds like you have fire ants - they look like the ones we had. Good luck, they can get really aggressive and their bites hurt!

https://m.wikihow.com/Kill-Ants-Outside

https://www.hometalk.com/diy/outdoor/pest-repeller/ants-safe-and-effective-cure-36651130

Ants: Safe and Effective Cure

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

What if you make a barrier around the house.

I did some research, since we know what works for one person doesn't always work for another. I found this site and it's pretty informative. I know some tips you may not be able to use but there are some good ones also that will hopefully help.

https://www.familyhandyman.com/pest-control/how-to-get-rid-of-ants/view-all/

Ants are so weird. One time I found them inside the freezer in the garage!! What would possess them to go inside a freezer only to die? They must have sent signals back or something ~ there were no ant trails only a freezer full of dead ants. Hasn't happened since.

Ant Spray - https://www.hometalk.com/diy/outdoor/pest-repeller/cheap-easy-homemade-ant-spray-31195184?

Here's a post that might help https://chascrazycreations.com/keep-pests-out-of-your-garden/