Ants on Watermelon
As summer months roll on, a short stroll around the perimeter of your house may tell the not so surprising tale of the yearly ant infestation. I don’t know what it is about summer and ants in the yard, or worse, in the house, but it’s true. Maybe it’s the hot weather and the water from the hose. Maybe it’s summer fruit falling from the trees. Maybe we eat more ice cream and gelato and leave things like plates full of sugary coatings on the counter in the kitchen, over night. I’m no exterminator, nor am I an entymologist, but I have experienced the onslaught of ants. And they can be devastatingly annoying, because they show up in droves, often completely infiltrating your house or yard seemingly in just a quick moment.
If you suffer from an ant infestation, in summer or winter for that matter, you don’t have to settle for picking up the phone and calling your local exterminator. They’ll most likely come out to the house, and using toxic substances, spray around the perimeter, directly coating the soil with poisonous ant and insect killer and negatively affecting the environment. That same dirt in your yard might end up sustaining your vegetable garden. The run off from when you hose down your cement patio will go back into the ground or worse, into storm drains. None of this is good, and none of it is actually necessary, considering there are several environmentally friendly solutions to getting rid of an ant problem. Continue reading
