"Bob Mounger" wrote in message
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Elizabeth wrote:
Anyone know of a fire ant killer that can be used in the
vegetable
garden? TIA

orange peel oil? Poke hokes in the nest & spray in the holes.
You might
have to do it twice, but my experience is they'll move. I think
it
should be safe to eat....

yeah, this stuff...

https://www23.addr.com/~goldleaf/Orange_Guard.html

Hope this helps,
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Bob Mounger

Thanks to all for your advice. I thought about just flooding the
garden ( with water ) in the hope that the darn things would move
on. Fire ants are the worst!

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elizabeth, Baton Rouge, LA
http://community.webshots.com/user/elott63