"gary davis" wrote in message
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On 5/4/04 2:55 PM, in article , "Franz
Heymann" wrote:


"Paul Anderson" wrote in message
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"flower faerie" wrote in message
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Hello

I have lots of ant hills appearing all over my lawn. I prefer not
to
mow the lawn too short but want to try and get the ants to live
somewhere else like in the flower borders. Also I dont want to
put down
ant powder.

any ideas?

ff

We have found that Talcum Powder does the trick. It's not totally
chemical
free but I guess it's much less damaging than other powders
suggested here!

Talcum powder, like any solid, liquid or gas is a chemical. What on
earth is all this paranoia about "chemicals"?
As far as I know, talcum is just finely divided Mg3 (OH)2 Si4 O10.

The other powders which have been suggested here were Vim and Ajax. I
may be wrong, but I think both of them are just powdered chalk.

Franz


Hi Franz
I think the resistance to 'chemicals' is the side affects of using
certain chemicals. Chemicals that kill aphids, for example, also kill the
predatory insects such as lady bugs and the worms in the ground. It is
this
kind of 'chemical' that we do not want to use because of those harmful
side
affects.
I don't think that talcum powder falls into the 'bad chemical'
category. Talcum, then, is not the kind of chemical that we are trying to
avoid.
Gary
Fort Langley, BC
Canada

God bless our North American cousins. Totally oblivious to irony.
"Chemical" is a word we should try to avoid.
--
Nick Wagg