I like your style of gardening. I will have to try the plastic tarp method for watering. Will a tarp work or is there a different kind of plastic I need to buy?
I have one garden bed right now and these little ants seem to take it over. They farm aphids in my little bed. Is there any way to get rid of these little ants. I have put poison out and it didn't seem to slow them down much. How do I get rid of the ants and aphids?
Thanks for the reply. I used ginger, cinnamon, black pepper, borax and they still thrived. I noticed on accident when I left out some cooked rice that their was a lot of dead ants in the rice. It was so dry last summer that it seemed like every ant in my yard moved to my little garden. I think this year I will put out cooked rice and grits and see what that does. I hate to use any harsh chemicals around the food we are going to eat.
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I like your style of gardening. I will have to try the plastic tarp method for watering. Will a tarp work or is there a different kind of plastic I need to buy?
I have one garden bed right now and these little ants seem to take it over. They farm aphids in my little bed. Is there any way to get rid of these little ants. I have put poison out and it didn't seem to slow them down much. How do I get rid of the ants and aphids?
Thanks for the reply. I used ginger, cinnamon, black pepper, borax and they still thrived. I noticed on accident when I left out some cooked rice that their was a lot of dead ants in the rice. It was so dry last summer that it seemed like every ant in my yard moved to my little garden. I think this year I will put out cooked rice and grits and see what that does. I hate to use any harsh chemicals around the food we are going to eat.