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06 May 2016, 9:43 am

sly279 wrote:
I'll try the chalk and see if that helps


if it rains a lot it will wash away won't it? thinking of it I have never used powdered chalk ever. I wonder if the stuff they put down for lines on running tracks would have the same effect :)


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06 May 2016, 11:45 am

Tons of ants outside here,they have never made it into the house.Just keep your kitchen area clean and don't leave sweets out and you should be fine.


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06 May 2016, 12:12 pm

Ultra-Sonic Pest-Repellants. You can get them for inexpensive.
I will let you do the rest of the research on your own.

sly279 wrote:
Ants are making lots of ant hills outside our house in the cracks between our walk way and drive way.

I find it a more dilemma. I don't commit violence or kill things unless i absolutely have to . I fear eventually their make their way into our house :s


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09 May 2016, 12:59 am

AspieUtah wrote:
When I lived in the San Francisco Bay Area, I learned that the whole Bay Area went through periods where the nearby mountain ants would seemingly swarm residential areas. Like all living things, they search out fresh water. Once they find it (seasonal rain or creeks), they are satisfied. I like the candied-diversion idea, but I wonder if sharing a little more water with them might cause them to return deep within their colony.


So incredibly true. The phenomenon even made into one of my favorite reads, "Earth Abides" by George R. Stewart, c. 1949.


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