Hi

In my front flower bed in front of our house window there are some
rather sickly looking plants and I'm becoming convinced that the ants
(which are crawling everywhere this year) are damaging the roots. The
soil seems to be crawling with them if you dig into it. Is there
anything I can use to stop them? It's not a question of them coming
into the house, they don't, but they are all over the front and back
gardens and the plants.

Also, in the same front flower bed I have noticed quite a few very small
but very round holes, about the diameter of a large earthworm, in the
soil. What could be causing these? Could they be the entrances to an
ant's colony or is it something else altogether?

Thanks for any info or advice.
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Lynda Thornton