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Fire Ants

My yards, this past month have been dominated by fire ants. I didn't want to use the cancerpoison so I tried a number of natural remedies that didn't work. Two were effective psychologically. None were were effectively ridding ants.
The first method that worked was pouring boiling water on the ant mound. It definitely killed ants but left large dead spots of boiled grass all over the yard. Then the ants just moved over a few inches and rebuilt.
The next effective method was diatomaceous earth: a powder derived from fossilized insects. The powder attaches itself to an exoskeleton effectively dehydrating the insect. Most of the ants didn't die but it was obvious they hated their mound being fucked with so much. As well, where the ant mounds were was now big white piles of powder. The ants used the powder to build their mounds.
Later I started just stomping on the mounds until the ants got tired of it and moved to the edge of the yard. I'd heard from a reliable source that this is actually the best way to get fire ants off your property. Everything's fine.

7:41 p.m. - 2017-10-18

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