Ants around pond

I'm getting ants in the dirt around my pond.
Mostly in the mound of earth around the waterfall pool
and under the coping stones.
Went to sink a plant today and uncovered a LOT of ants... again.
Problem is what to do about it.
I've been digging them up and pouring boiling water on them,
as I am afraid to use poison around the pond.
The only thing I can think of is possibly Diatomaceous earth.
Anyone else have this problem?
What if anything can be done about it?
They're wearing me out.

"D." wrote in message
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I'm getting ants in the dirt around my pond.
Mostly in the mound of earth around the waterfall pool
and under the coping stones.
Went to sink a plant today and uncovered a LOT of ants... again.
Problem is what to do about it.
I've been digging them up and pouring boiling water on them,
as I am afraid to use poison around the pond.
The only thing I can think of is possibly Diatomaceous earth.
Anyone else have this problem?
What if anything can be done about it?
They're wearing me out.

You created a fantastic place for wildlife to thrive...let 'em thrive!


BV.

Are the ants actually damaging the area around the pond? Just wondering why
you want them to move out.

LeeAnne

"D." wrote in message
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I'm getting ants in the dirt around my pond.

The Pond would be one huge ant hill if I let them have their way.
It's a small pond and I had them under almost every coping rock
and they were just getting warmed up.
I guess I could fill in the pond with sand and sit next to the
ant hill sipping mint juleps.
We get them coming into into the house a LOT also so I don't
find them amusing, they are pests.

And to think I had an ant farm as a child... yuck.

D.


LeeAnne wrote:
Are the ants actually damaging the area around the pond? Just wondering why
you want them to move out.

LeeAnne

"D." wrote in message
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I'm getting ants in the dirt around my pond.

If the hills are big, and you have the space to do so, take a trowel
full of ants from hill A and put on hill B, Then take a trowel full of
ants from hill B and put on hill A. I hear they will fight to the
death. I would rather do the oj, water, and soap, but someday i may
have to check this fighting theory out.


On Mon, 21 Jul 2003 16:05:19 -0400, "D."
wrote:

The Pond would be one huge ant hill if I let them have their way.
It's a small pond and I had them under almost every coping rock
and they were just getting warmed up.
I guess I could fill in the pond with sand and sit next to the
ant hill sipping mint juleps.
We get them coming into into the house a LOT also so I don't
find them amusing, they are pests.

And to think I had an ant farm as a child... yuck.

D.


LeeAnne wrote:
Are the ants actually damaging the area around the pond? Just wondering why
you want them to move out.

LeeAnne

"D." wrote in message
...

I'm getting ants in the dirt around my pond.

I use ant stakes, pesticide is contained, they carry it back to the group
and the whole tribe dies. ~ jan

See my ponds and filter design:
http://users.owt.com/jjspond/

~Keep 'em Wet!~
Tri-Cities WA Zone 7a
To e-mail see website

I use ant stakes, pesticide is contained, they carry it back to the group
and the whole tribe dies. ~ jan

See my ponds and filter design:
http://users.owt.com/jjspond/

~Keep 'em Wet!~
Tri-Cities WA Zone 7a
To e-mail see website

In article , "D."
writes:

I'm getting ants in the dirt around my pond.

Hey, at least you didn't get the surprise I got last week. I lifted a rock and
found termites!

John

I'm getting ants in the dirt around my pond.

We just found a yellow jacket nest build under our liner. We saw them
flying in and out that's how we found it!

Now how do I get rid of them (right near pond)???

On 5 Aug 2003 20:45:37 -0700, (Critical Popperian)
wrote:

I'm getting ants in the dirt around my pond.

We just found a yellow jacket nest build under our liner. We saw them
flying in and out that's how we found it!

Now how do I get rid of them (right near pond)???

I dont have an answer, but i wanted to say that i have at least one
wasp/mud dobber maybe, that comes and gets water and flies at least
two houses down. I have watched him and he flies very high! We have a
respectful relationship. I don't dip or turn the hose on when he's
sucking up water, and he doesn't sting me when i am.

A nest would be a different story.
Good luck.