Re: RC: Diatomaceous earth

[Bette Lamore <woa@stormnet.com>]

Hi Angie
I just asked Sylvia the same thing, privately, thinking that I was
probably the only one on ridecamp that didn't know what this was. I'm
being attacked by ants in my home and they are building bridges over the
water I put the dog and cat food in---These suckers are TOUGH!!!
Bette

Rides 2 Far wrote:
> 
> >  Dusted around the> feed in the barn, it will keep them out of the
> horse feed.>  >>>Hey Angie!!!  This came up on another list while
> discussing the use of >>Diatamaceous earth to control flies --
> 
> What the heck is Diatamaceous earth?  I did have ants swarm a garbage can
> full of horse feed.  Being too cheap to pour it out, I burried a cup of
> cooking oil up to the rim in the feed, then sprayed a circle around of
> ant spray around the outside of the can.  The ants in the feed all
> crawled into the oil in a day or two and stayed there, and no new ants
> crossed the spray line.  Let me know about this Dia...whatever.  If the
> ant hills in the field get any taller they'll be what they call "training
> hills" down in South GA.
> 
> Angie
> 
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Bette Lamore
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