"Nick Maclaren" wrote in message
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In article ,
Kate Morgan wrote:

Why bother, they do little harm

I disagree. They undermine concrete slabs and cause them to
settle
unevenly, and if their nests are in the roots of a plant, that
plant
can die from lack of moisture in dry weather. And they cause
humps in
the lawn that get scalped by the mower (and it's not set that
low!).

Yes I agree with all of that

And that's serious harm?

For heaven's sake, gardening is about living with nature. If you
don't want to give an inch, you are the sort of person that regards
Monsanto as a "green" company. You can't eliminate ants without
creating a totally artficial ecology.

Ditto aphids and the like?
The truth is that you cannot garden at all without creating a totally
artificial ecology.

Franz