On 2009-09-11 12:55:04 +0100, Timothy Murphy said:

Sacha wrote:

Not really relevant to the thread,
but I put down some grass seed, both this year and last year,
and the entire crop was stolen by ants.
There were millions of ants, and each one carried away
one grass seed on its back.

Admittedly this was in Tuscany.

How bizarre! I've never heard of that before. Is your lawnmower still
there?

I've never needed one, unfortunately.
Last year, after the ants eat every single seed,
I put down potatoes (to stop weeds),
and they did unbelievably well.

Well, if you're going to try for another lawn, perhaps you'll have to
baffle the ants and lay turf instead!
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Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
Shrubs & perennials. Tender & exotics.
South Devon