5/31/2012

World War Ant - III

After boiling the ants, I thought all was well.  No sign of ants for about a month.

Then I checked my mail one day and noticed a small hole in my driveway.  Odd...  Stopped to take a look and a bunch of ants ran out of it.  Yeah, turns out that boiling them just moves the problem.

Okay, now they've chosen to ratchet things up a notch.  Can't have them chewing up my driveway.  So I discussed it with coworkers again.  The subject of diatomaceous earth comes up.  Diatoms, man, that's the answer.  Lots of diatoms.

I dumped a bunch around the ant holes I could see.  A week later, ants are still happily running about.

So I dumped a bunch more in a wider area.  And in the ant holes for good measure. 

A couple weeks later I couldn't spot any ants coming out of the driveway.  Yup, I'd finally won.

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