My Little Piece of the Planet: May 2008

5/30/08

Twas a beautiful Day..dispite the ant invasion

Two years ago ant somehow got into our well water. It was disgusting.
I am not exaggerating when I say they came out of the shower heads. That is how we discovered them. They had built up behind the little aerator/screen piece inside and were being pushed through the holes in the shower head....eeewwwwwwwwwww!

I took the aerator pieces out of every faucet & shower and there was a build up of ants.
I will not ever put those pieces back in. If ants are ever in the well again I want to see them immediately. The exterminator we called said this was a first for him...lucky us.

This is also why I had no trouble spraying the ants shown in the post below.

My Garden's been INVADED!!!

To look at the ground in my garden you would think it was very sandy...wrong it is actually red clay that has been invaded by ants. Every where you look the ground is moving and I do mean everywhere! Front and back. Ant hills around the gates as if they were guarding the property.
The hills around my flowers are several inches high.
I try really hard not to use chemicals (I have severe chemical sensitivites) but I donned a mask and sprayed the the entire property with an ant killer.
I couldn't plant seed in the veggie bed because the ants were all over.