I plant flowers in my perennial beds specifically to feed the hummingbird families that come back summer after summer, but I also like to hang hummingbird feeders in the front and in the back of the house. I discovered this clever Ant Moat at Lee Valley Tools that solved my problem of unintentionally feeding [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘Gardening’
May 16, 2008
Home Made Ant Bait
(ingredients as per Ed Lawrence)
2 cups boiling water
6 Tablespoons sugar
1 teaspoon boric acid
Dissolve the sugar in the boiling water. Add the boric acid and stir until dissolved.
Take any pint-sized plastic container and cut small holes into the sides at the bottom to allow ants access to crawl inside. Dip cotton balls into the solution, [...]
