Nick Maclaren wrote:

Yup. And I suggest learning to love ants - they do more good than
harm in the garden, generally.


I tend to agree, but they can be a nuisance when they start farming aphids,
and protect them from predators.

And they can be quite destructive when they decide to nest in pots which
contain sandy soil for plants which need good drainage. Unfortunately, they
tend to increase the drainage rather a lot by removing most of the sand! So
much so that the first you know of it is when the leaves look decidedly
parched, or the pot falls over because it has become top heavy.


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Jeff
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