Make Your Yard ANT FREE FOREVER In 3 Easy Steps

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  @TheMillennialGardener · 3 years ago · pinned

  If you enjoyed this video, please &quot;Like&quot; and share to help increase its reach! Thanks for watching 😊TIMESTAMPS for convenience:<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pr521FO4sMY">0:00</a> &nbsp; &nbsp; Getting Rid Of Ants Intro<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pr521FO4sMY&amp;t=67">1:07</a> &nbsp; &nbsp; Why Ants Love Your Yard<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pr521FO4sMY&amp;t=205">3:25</a> &nbsp; &nbsp; Step 1: Defending Against Ants<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pr521FO4sMY&amp;t=489">8:09</a> &nbsp; &nbsp; Step 2: Offensive Strategy<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pr521FO4sMY&amp;t=588">9:48</a> &nbsp; &nbsp; Step 3: Permanent Ant Prevention<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pr521FO4sMY&amp;t=772">12:52</a> &nbsp; Preventing Ants Summary<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pr521FO4sMY&amp;t=865">14:25</a> &nbsp; Adventures With Dale

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  @billthorne1 · 3 years ago

  i use dry ice, a hot brick and a big soup pot. Place the hot brick next to the ant hill. &nbsp;Put the dry ice on top of the brick. &nbsp;Cover the brick and dry ice with the big soup pot making a solid seal with the ground. &nbsp;Put a weight on the soup pot to keep it in place. &nbsp;The CO2 released from the dry ice will penetrate the deepest areas of the nest -- ants, gophers or whatever underground pest you&apos;re pursuing -- and put them permanently asleep, leaving no toxic residue.

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  @carolynmcbride3136 · 3 years ago

  My dad used to trade a shovelful from one anthill with another &amp; they would kill each other off...Worked pretty good!

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  @Angie-sees · 3 years ago

  I’m convinced we have a 5 acre, mutant ant farm, on my land. All sandy soil.

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  @EdgarAllanGo · 1 year ago

  Step 1: Defensive strategy <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pr521FO4sMY&amp;t=206">3:26</a> (Lawn Granules)<br>Step 2: Offensive strategy <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pr521FO4sMY&amp;t=502">8:22</a> (Targeted Ant Bait)<br>Step 3: Prevention <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pr521FO4sMY&amp;t=612">10:12</a> (transform your soil)<br><b>Saved you some time.</b>

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  @4bubbabites · 3 years ago

  We have fire ants here in Arkansas badly. Since we quit using Chem pesticides, we&apos;ve found baking soda &amp; white vinegar works well. It&apos;s also a fun reaction to watch lol. Just sprinkle a good amount of baking soda on the mound and pour the vinegar over it. For pests in the garden we&apos;ve found neem oil and diatomaceous earth to be effective weapons as well. Thanks for your videos MG!

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  @tressastanton1300 · 2 years ago

  Grits works amazingly on any piles. The ant eats the grit, swells up and dies. The whole mound is gone! &nbsp;I have been using grits for over 10 years. Use at least half a box and if the mound is huge a whole box. I have only have to do a second application a handful amount of times. Really works and organic.

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  @dianacarr5515 · 3 years ago (edited)

  Just FYI - try cornmeal.<br>We have horses and lots of ants. &nbsp;Because horses love to graze, putting chemicals on their pastures is not ideal. &nbsp;Someone told us about cornmeal. &nbsp;The ants love it, they eat it and when they drink water the cornmeal swells and kills them. &nbsp; It is super effective, non toxic, great for garden, great for fungal infections and gets rid of ants quickly and effectively.<br><br>Drawbacks ...<br>*Not as effective on rainy days - for obvious reasons.<br>* we do broadcast spreading but only in heavily infested areas - like our barn and feed areas.<br>* it is better as a spot treatment<br>* it has to be reapplied as needed. &nbsp;Not a once done. &nbsp;In and around our barn, we may do monthly or every other month. &nbsp;A lot depends on the weather.<br><br>We use a hand spreader.<br>We also keep an old large plastic chive spice container filled with cornmeal to spot treat occasionally.<br><br>It&apos;s super effective but does require reapplication as needed.<br><br>The bonus ... it&apos;s doesn&apos;t hurt the beneficial like worms etc

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  @tuckertruckerpatriot312 · 3 years ago

  My experience with the weed mat is that the ants build massive nests underneath it.

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  @StevePabody-g2u · 2 years ago

  We have 2500 square feet of raised bed garden space in the Florida panhandle. We use weed mat in between much of that space. Our beds are made from very rich organic soil. It has been our experience that none of this is a problem for fire ants and we constantly battle them every year. Recently we have had fairly good success using “Cone and Get it” granules but nothing we have tried has proven to be a permanent fix. Ants are resilient, perhaps that’s why Proverbs instructs us to study them. Stay strong, stay diligent!

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  @kmyase1 · 3 years ago

  I turned my sandy soil into moist top soil and it definitely got rid of most ant hills.

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  @gcdcpakmbs · 3 years ago

  I use a totally organic solution. In the growing season &nbsp;1. &nbsp;Put down organic fertilizer. 2. &nbsp;Put down dry molasses. &nbsp;3. &nbsp;Spray with Actively aerated compost tea, or use a product like Medina Soil activator to populate with beneficial microorganisms. &nbsp;2. &nbsp;Cover with 1/2&quot; of compost. &nbsp;Water like you normally water your grass. &nbsp;Re-activate the microorganism (in step 3) once a month for 3 months. &nbsp;Your soil will be healthier, your garden will do better provided you are gardening organically. &nbsp;I do this and outside my property line there are dozens and dozens of fire ant mounds. Nothing on my property at all. &nbsp;It is simply too hostile an environment for ants, fleas, ticks, and termites. &nbsp;And the bees and butterflies flourish. &nbsp;After a rain, I sometimes get a couple of fireant mounds. &nbsp;I can either treat them with orange oil and molasses, or just wait a couple of weeks - they&apos;ll move on.

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