Comments on: Beneficial Beasts for Your Garden http://www.farmersalmanac.com/home-garden/2012/07/09/beneficial-beasts-for-your-garden/ Weather, Gardening, Full Moons, Best Days and more. Fri, 19 Jul 2013 14:41:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Ali http://www.farmersalmanac.com/home-garden/2012/07/09/beneficial-beasts-for-your-garden/#comment-45434 Ali Sat, 14 Jul 2012 02:19:54 +0000 http://www.farmersalmanac.com/?p=15741#comment-45434 To answer your question regarding ants, we had such a problem with ant hills in the lawn…..I have a simple method also using borax. In a pail, mix 1 part icing sugar and 1 part borax…dig a deep hole in the middle of the ant pile and carefully spoon in the mixture. I say carefully because borax will kill the grass, bury it deep. These little buggers have not been back.

]]> By: sharon http://www.farmersalmanac.com/home-garden/2012/07/09/beneficial-beasts-for-your-garden/#comment-45404 sharon Fri, 13 Jul 2012 21:28:24 +0000 http://www.farmersalmanac.com/?p=15741#comment-45404 In Response to Donna, with the Ant problem:

I found a recipe on food.com entitled “Get rid of Ants, Ants, Ants” It has worked for me 3 times now, first I had them coming into the house thru the garage, then the kitchen door and finally the front door and have used this method each time and after 24 hrs they are gone. Word of caution, I have noticed that where the liquid touched the cement in the garage and on the trex deck, it has left a wet looking stain, both are porous surfaces and honestly I don’t know if it will wash off as I have not tried to remove either of them but in the house on the sealed tile no marks at all.
http://www.food.com/recipeprint.do?rid=203233

It is a mix of sugar, boric acid and warm water and you saturate cotton balls and lay in their pathway in a shallow bowl/lid and drip a bit on the flat surface to get them started on it. Very simple to make and use so unless you have little ones or a pet who would tamper with it I would diffently give it a try.

Good Luck

]]> By: Jaime McLeod http://www.farmersalmanac.com/home-garden/2012/07/09/beneficial-beasts-for-your-garden/#comment-45326 Jaime McLeod Fri, 13 Jul 2012 14:28:15 +0000 http://www.farmersalmanac.com/?p=15741#comment-45326 Mantises are pretty quiet, Mary.

]]> By: The Plant Man http://www.farmersalmanac.com/home-garden/2012/07/09/beneficial-beasts-for-your-garden/#comment-45066 The Plant Man Thu, 12 Jul 2012 04:54:06 +0000 http://www.farmersalmanac.com/?p=15741#comment-45066 Earthworms, ladybugs, asassin bugs, lacewing flies, ground beetles, snakes, toads, bees, and parasitic wasps are all good for your garden as well.

]]> By: Nick http://www.farmersalmanac.com/home-garden/2012/07/09/beneficial-beasts-for-your-garden/#comment-45065 Nick Thu, 12 Jul 2012 04:49:49 +0000 http://www.farmersalmanac.com/?p=15741#comment-45065 What do the egg cases of mantises look like?
What specific hardy plant species attract them?
Is there any kind of house you can make for them?I know there is toad houses that you can make easy.
What pesticides are not harmfull to them?

]]> By: Ali http://www.farmersalmanac.com/home-garden/2012/07/09/beneficial-beasts-for-your-garden/#comment-45050 Ali Thu, 12 Jul 2012 01:05:36 +0000 http://www.farmersalmanac.com/?p=15741#comment-45050 We don’t have these lovely little creatures (mantis) here in Canada. Other than spiders and lady bugs which ones are the beneficial insects to rid us of the bad little buggers?

]]> By: Marian http://www.farmersalmanac.com/home-garden/2012/07/09/beneficial-beasts-for-your-garden/#comment-45045 Marian Thu, 12 Jul 2012 00:03:20 +0000 http://www.farmersalmanac.com/?p=15741#comment-45045 In my next life I wanna come back as a mantis. I like the fact that after they mate they bite the heads off their lovers. ;-)

]]> By: mmka1 http://www.farmersalmanac.com/home-garden/2012/07/09/beneficial-beasts-for-your-garden/#comment-44980 mmka1 Wed, 11 Jul 2012 16:00:46 +0000 http://www.farmersalmanac.com/?p=15741#comment-44980 One spring, when I was living in Oshtemo, Michigan, a thumb nail sized mantis moved into the front garden. It was interesting watching it grow, but always in the back of my mind I thought “I am glad that that it will not grow to a size where I will need to fight it off”. It did watch me while I was gardening.

]]> By: Mary http://www.farmersalmanac.com/home-garden/2012/07/09/beneficial-beasts-for-your-garden/#comment-44978 Mary Wed, 11 Jul 2012 15:45:31 +0000 http://www.farmersalmanac.com/?p=15741#comment-44978 We have many mantis in our yard, do they make any sounds?

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