Devonviolet Acres

Sounds like you need to do the "mix and match" ant hill thing @Latestarter

greybeard said:

I got rid of every fireant mound on this place in 24 hours and there were hundreds of them.

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I would like the 'how-to' on that one. Actually I think we all would.

I would only be interested for the sake of learning new things. No fahr aints here.

Mother nature's 100% all natural, biodegradable, certified organic, renewable resourced, chemical free, gluten free, (insert all the other absolutely politically correct terms along with all the other new age buzz words here)...water. Lots and lots and lots of pure, right from the sky water. 3-7 feet of it everywhere.
BYH should be so proud of me for choosing such a radical way of turning mounds into just a little depression in the ground.. There's not an active fire ant mound anywhere on this 124 acres today and I've been over every inch of it since the last of August..


(of course, every year about this time, fire ant mounds in my region all but disappear anyway due to temperature changes, but it's my story and I'm stickin with it. Beats the heck out of renting anteaters for $150/day)

I have busted into a mound just before sundown on a really cold day....they are slowed from the temps and can't remove or gather and protect the queen and eggs....I can't say it killed them all, but it sure keeps the numbers down....and we have found out that the ducks will devour a mound....

greybeard said:

Mother nature's 100% all natural, biodegradable, certified organic, renewable resourced, chemical free, gluten free, (insert all the other absolutely politically correct with all the other new age buzz words here)...water. Lots and lots and lots of pure, right from the sky water. 3-7 feet of it everywhere.
BYH should be so proud of me for choosing such a radical way of turning mounds into just a little depression in the ground.. View attachment 39487 There's not an active fire ant mound anywhere on this 124 acres today and I've been over every inch of it since the last of August..


(of course, every year about this time, fire ant mounds in my region all but disappear anyway due to temperature changes, but it's my story and I'm stickin with it. Beats the heck out of renting anteaters for $150/day)

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Yep, nothing like a "little" water to drown them out. God bless you for finding something positive out of the flooding!!!!

greybeard said:

Mother nature's 100% all natural, biodegradable, certified organic, renewable resourced, chemical free, gluten free, (insert all the other absolutely politically correct with all the other new age buzz words here)...water. Lots and lots and lots of pure, right from the sky water. 3-7 feet of it everywhere.
BYH should be so proud of me for choosing such a radical way of turning mounds into just a little depression in the ground.. View attachment 39487 There's not an active fire ant mound anywhere on this 124 acres today and I've been over every inch of it since the last of August..


(of course, every year about this time, fire ant mounds in my region all but disappear anyway due to temperature changes, but it's my story and I'm stickin with it. Beats the heck out of renting anteaters for $150/day)

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Yep, nothing like a "little" water to drown them out. God bless you for finding something positive out of the flooding!!!!

I doubt they drowned. They rafted up as the water rose then got swept away down stream. I suspect the shoreline of Lake Houston is covered in thousands of new mounds now.

CntryBoy777 said:

.I can't say it killed them all, but it sure keeps the numbers down....and we have found out that the ducks will devour a mound....

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Unfortunately, in nature, fowl can't keep them under control. It's the other way around for the most part. Fire ants are one of the reasons there aren't many quail around any more. The ants reduce the bob white numbers 2 ways. Indirectly, by reducing the number of invertebrate species the quail traditionally fed on, and directly by attacking the young in the nest.

greybeard said:

Mother nature's 100% all natural, biodegradable, certified organic, renewable resourced, chemical free, gluten free, (insert all the other absolutely politically correct terms along with all the other new age buzz words here)...water. Lots and lots and lots of pure, right from the sky water. 3-7 feet of it everywhere.
BYH should be so proud of me for choosing such a radical way of turning mounds into just a little depression in the ground.. View attachment 39487 There's not an active fire ant mound anywhere on this 124 acres today and I've been over every inch of it since the last of August..


(of course, every year about this time, fire ant mounds in my region all but disappear anyway due to temperature changes, but it's my story and I'm stickin with it. Beats the heck out of renting anteaters for $150/day)

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