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Does anyone have a lawn covered with mounds of soft earth brought up by ants ?  It looks a real muddy mess when it's been mowed.  I have three ants nests in my lawn and a red ants nest right on the edge of the border with the grass. I also have a

The Ants are back in my compost bin. Unlike last year when I panicked this year I have left them to get on with helping turn the waste into fabulous compost and have bought anew bin for this years waste. A good philosophy!   If you do want to get

I had been waiting patiently for the best occasion to use my two bags of beautiful home-made compost.   In my small raised raised bed, perhaps, or in the large pots waiting for my courgettes and tromboncinos?   WOE IS ME -the bags are full of ants

In my lawn I kept on getting ants nests coming up last year and other than putting neat bleach down i dont really know what to do about it they just appeared somewhere else! I the far corner of my garden i inherited a mound of grass growing

How do I shift ants from young apple tree on my patio ?? I gather they are farming Aphids & I have tried washing off with hose pipe but without success !!! Any ideas ??? Same answer Try dunking the whole thing, pot and all (assuming you can lift it

We have a Community Herb Garden in which we grow Thyme. Unfortunately Ants are building nests under the spreading thyme and destroying them. What can we do?     Ants love dry ground, is there any way that you can make it damper to deter them?  I had

Hi, i have been having a fair few ants on and around my cucumber plants. Was wondering would they eat them? I see no signs of this so far but Im cautious. Or could they be causing me any other problems? Thanks Natasha  I had a red ants nest

I have an ant infested lawn / garden, and flowerbeds. The whole 300m2 is like one big ants nest. I just traced them to the pine tree and discovered there are possibly tens of thousands in the root system around the tree! It MUST be the main nest! It

Hi, I have a proble im my front garden with ants..... until now they have been kind of ok, but I have noticed that i have lost many plants down the side of the garden where they are.....now I know we need ants.....so what do I do???      I don

Last Summer ants farmed aphids on the new growth of ny fruiting cherry tree.This has resulted in stunted growth at the end of all branches - multiple buds on consrticted stems. Should I prune this out. if so when and how ? Don't prune now