On Wed, 31 Mar 2004 02:07:20 -0600, "Elizabeth"
wrote:


"Bob Mounger" wrote in message
...
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,
--
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!


That would only force them all to the surface where they would
ball up around the queen and then you'd have a real mess.