Wanted to pass along a little home remedy. Have had fire ants for the past couple of years. Last summer, went through many of the commercial fire ant baits. Finally, in August, I was told of a homemade cure, and sure enough, it worked for me. (Now if that sounds like a spam/infomercial, I apologize)
Take a gallon of warm tap water, add about 1 cup of the original formula (blue) DAWN dishwashing detergent (only Dawn blue, nothing else supposed to work). Pour it on the mound. Two applications, and they seem to be gone for good. No more fire ants in my yard.
Just thought I’d pass this along as the fire ants come out for the summer in the south.
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Raw uncooked grits work really well. Does in mole crickets and palmento bugs, other types of ants and cockroaches too.
The pest eat it and the granuales swell internally and they pop like a popcorn kernal. Nothing else seems to gey bothered.
Boric acid works too if you get them to walk thru it. Boric acid works on mice an rats. Careful where you put down the Boric. Not pet or children friendly. Put it under the fridge or cabinates.
IMERC
"Raw uncooked grits work really well. Does in mole crickets and palmento bugs, other types of ants and cockroaches too."
Having just moved here to the south I was wondering what grits were good for, now I know, I sure as hell know that there not good for eatin!
You mention the boric acid, that works good for cockroaches, mix in with a little powdered sugar.
Doug
Doug,
Another damn carpetbagger from the godforsaken frozen nawth gotta be taght how to eat grits. Boy, grits are just a vehicle for gettin the garlic, butter, cheese and sometimes shrimp to yo tummy. Ain't nothin like fresh ground grits, they don't need much flavoring atall since they are composed of the essence of corn.
You need any mo help with these southern things you let me know now.
Down the southern bayou,
KK
"Having just moved here to the south I was wondering what grits were good for, now I know, I sure as hell know that there not good for eatin!"
Hoo-boy, you gonna talk about my momma next? Just kidding, but hey, that's a staple of the South.
I'll just shush my mouth about the viennas on saltines, fried spam sammiches, RC Cola and a MoonPie, the the way an "all the way" burger should be made. The TWO kinds of barbeque. And of course Duke's mayo. What a delicacy squirrels 'n rice is.
Pity the poor folk up north that don't know the joy of sittin' on the riverbank all night, working a trotline, and frying the catfish and a pot of fish grits right there on the river for breakfast. Or Y'all that can't walk into the butcher shop, and actually ask for and recieve a hen cut up like a fryer. And know what to do with it.
Ever been grabbling for turtles on a hot summer night? That's when you wade along the riverbank, sticking your arm into holes at the edge of the water, hoping to grab aholt of a turtle for stew (and not a cottonmouth). Fun after a catshead or two.
All in jest (of course, no offense), but my mom's favorite saying when discussing persons of yankee influence was "I-95 goes both ways."
In good natured fun,
ProBozo
Edited 5/16/2003 6:19:49 PM ET by ProBozo
seriously, I was looking forward to some Mullet and grits tonight.
Ahm really disappointed in all uh y'all sutherners! Not a dang one uh yuz can correctly spell "Greeyuts"!
My wife's from Armuchee, GA, & taught a good old 'Yankee like me to eat & enjoy greeyuts.
DonThe GlassMasterworks - If it scratches, I etch it!
Here's one northerner who likes grits, and appreciates southern style cooking, hospitality, comfort, winter, manners, etc.
I can make good gumbo, fried squirrel, beans and rice, grits.
Up here they call that turtle grabbing "noodlin". There are some guys missing fingers who talk about how they used to do that. We get some big cats and turtles here too.
The Mississippi river comes from way up north, don't forget~!
Dog,
Ahm gonna make you an honorary coonass, but next time you gotta stew them squirrels down 'till the meat falls off the bones and the gravy is almost the color of your cast iron skillet. Then you eat 'em over grits. Ayiii!
I have grabbed for cats but never turtles which get way too big down here.
KK
I used some mapp gas out of a hand torch today to take down a regular ant hill he he he , might not be a long term fix but sure was funNever be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the ark, Professional build the Titanic.
Pro and KK
No offence taken and I still aint gonna eat grits!
I was raised on roast beaf and potatoes and I'm to old to start eatin something called grits. I figured you had to put something on them to make them palateable, I was thinking maybe a tablespoon of salt couldnt hurt but wasnt sure!
I've caught my share of catfish and fried them up on the banks of the river, but used cornmeal to fry them in, not much different then grits but I just cant eat the stuff.
When I lived in OK back in the early 80's there was a lady that was a customer of mine that made beans and cornmeal bread , man that was good eatin! She said that that was a common food in the south when she was growing up, after eating at her place I made sure that if I had to call on her it was at dinner time, she wouldnt let you leave without eating with her, god could she cook. I like some of the foods here but sorry grits aint one of em.
Doug