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What is the best way to kill ants?
"John Morgan" wrote in message ... Nick Maclaren wrote in message ... In article , "Franz Heymann" writes: | The truth is that you cannot garden at all without creating a totally | artificial ecology. No, that is false, on many grounds. almost all gardening does not create a TOTALLY artificial ecology, but a slightly perturbed one - a.k.a. "living with nature". Well said, Nick. A major aspect of gardens, apart from vegetable plots, is to bring nature close to our door. The more natural looking the garden, the more it gets admired. That is loose talk. {:-(( Where in *nature* would you expect to find plants from Africa, The Americas, Asia and Europe juxtaposed in the same patch of ground? Where in nature would you expect to find campanulas or geraniums thriving in the absence of an unselected environment of weedy plants? [snip] Franz |
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What is the best way to kill ants?
"John Morgan" wrote in message ... Nick Maclaren wrote in message ... In article , "Franz Heymann" writes: | The truth is that you cannot garden at all without creating a totally | artificial ecology. No, that is false, on many grounds. almost all gardening does not create a TOTALLY artificial ecology, but a slightly perturbed one - a.k.a. "living with nature". Well said, Nick. A major aspect of gardens, apart from vegetable plots, is to bring nature close to our door. The more natural looking the garden, the more it gets admired. That is loose talk. {:-(( Where in *nature* would you expect to find plants from Africa, The Americas, Asia and Europe juxtaposed in the same patch of ground? Where in nature would you expect to find campanulas or geraniums thriving in the absence of an unselected environment of weedy plants? [snip] Franz |
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What is the best way to kill ants?
In article , Douglas
writes At one of the houses I lived in the little blighters used to swarm all over the kitchen cupboards. I tried everything but no luck. They would come and go at random. Something to do with the season or the climate or an ant 'race' (culture) development?. In the jungle I have seen Marching Ants but you get to hell out of it, - but quick. Doug. When camping - and occasionally in a house - I've found that a line of neat washing up liquid makes an effective barrier. Presumably, you need a) a hard surface to put it on; b) no other points of entry; c) to renew it fairly often. -- regards andyw |
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I'm Sorry
In article , Yakman
writes I only wanted to find a way to rid my small garden of thousands of ants, but i seemed to have started a war in this newsgroup. Very Sorry I wouldn't worry. There's always a war going on somewhere in this newsgroup ;-) -- Kay "Do not insult the crocodile until you have crossed the river" |
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What is the best way to kill ants?
Franz Heymann wrote in message ... "John Morgan" wrote in message ... . The more natural looking the garden, the more it gets admired. That is loose talk. {:-(( Where in *nature* would you expect to find plants from Africa, The Americas, Asia and Europe juxtaposed in the same patch of ground? Where in nature would you expect to find campanulas or geraniums thriving in the absence of an unselected environment of weedy plants? My use of the word natural is colloquial, with it's meaning somewhat divorced from its root. Here one is supposed to understand that nature has existences at more than one level in our consciousness and the overall appearance of a garden, as with raw nature, transcends the individual items creating it. Gardens that capture this essence and even improve it would be regarded as having a natural beauty whatever the component plants are. I believe this means they should look as though they just happened and no man's hand is apparent. As the Japanese have shown, the number of components can be much lower than would make up many vistas in nature, yet their gardens, aesthetically-speaking, often still seem 'natural'. Gravel and a chain link fence is too minimalist for my taste, but I see many gardens that consist of just that. But I never see many passers-by standing to gawp at such a spectacle, though ;-)) |
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What is the best way to kill ants?
Franz Heymann wrote in message ... "John Morgan" wrote in message ... . The more natural looking the garden, the more it gets admired. That is loose talk. {:-(( Where in *nature* would you expect to find plants from Africa, The Americas, Asia and Europe juxtaposed in the same patch of ground? Where in nature would you expect to find campanulas or geraniums thriving in the absence of an unselected environment of weedy plants? My use of the word natural is colloquial, with it's meaning somewhat divorced from its root. Here one is supposed to understand that nature has existences at more than one level in our consciousness and the overall appearance of a garden, as with raw nature, transcends the individual items creating it. Gardens that capture this essence and even improve it would be regarded as having a natural beauty whatever the component plants are. I believe this means they should look as though they just happened and no man's hand is apparent. As the Japanese have shown, the number of components can be much lower than would make up many vistas in nature, yet their gardens, aesthetically-speaking, often still seem 'natural'. Gravel and a chain link fence is too minimalist for my taste, but I see many gardens that consist of just that. But I never see many passers-by standing to gawp at such a spectacle, though ;-)) |
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What is the best way to kill ants?
"John Morgan" wrote in message ... Franz Heymann wrote in message ... "John Morgan" wrote in message ... . The more natural looking the garden, the more it gets admired. That is loose talk. {:-(( Where in *nature* would you expect to find plants from Africa, The Americas, Asia and Europe juxtaposed in the same patch of ground? Where in nature would you expect to find campanulas or geraniums thriving in the absence of an unselected environment of weedy plants? My use of the word natural is colloquial, with it's meaning somewhat divorced from its root. Here one is supposed to understand that nature has existences at more than one level in our consciousness and the overall appearance of a garden, as with raw nature, transcends the individual items creating it. Gardens that capture this essence and even improve it would be regarded as having a natural beauty whatever the component plants are. I believe this means they should look as though they just happened and no man's hand is apparent. As the Japanese have shown, the number of components can be much lower than would make up many vistas in nature, yet their gardens, aesthetically-speaking, often still seem 'natural'. Gravel and a chain link fence is too minimalist for my taste, but I see many gardens that consist of just that. But I never see many passers-by standing to gawp at such a spectacle, though ;-)) What you have described has little to do with "natural", and a lot with "gardenesque". The latter term meaning whatever it is that is currently in fashion in the gardening scene. Franz |
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I'm Sorry
Tooooooooooooooooo! Hogg LOL
-- Thanks Keith,England,UK. "Chris Hogg" wrote in message ... On Sun, 25 Jul 2004 19:11:32 +0100, "kenty ;-\)" wrote: The problem with this newsgroup is there are two many opinionated people who are of no help to anyone you don't get any bite back with rec.gardens.orchids although most users are from the USA. Which two are those then? LOL -- Chris E-mail: christopher[dot]hogg[at]virgin[dot]net |
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I'm Sorry
-- Thanks Keith,England,UK. "kenty ;-)" wrote in message ... Tooooooooooooooooo! Hogg LOL -- Thanks Keith,England,UK. "Chris Hogg" wrote in message ... On Sun, 25 Jul 2004 19:11:32 +0100, "kenty ;-)" wrote: The problem with this newsgroup is there are two many opinionated people who are of no help to anyone you don't get any bite back with rec.gardens.orchids although most users are from the USA. Which two are those then? LOL -- Chris E-mail: christopher[dot]hogg[at]virgin[dot]net |
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