Response to fire ants

We live in East Texas the fire ant capital of the world. We have tried everything and I can tell you from experience that the only way to get them away from your yard is to poison. We use diazonon granuals, I lock up the chickens, never poison around any young animals, and put poison around our house and yard. I know that this will kill some ants, but my goal is to move them out into the woods surrounding the house. Sort of a ant perimeter. This is why we have gone to raised beds, I can poison around them and not in with my veggies. We do have to reapply every month, or if it rains alot. I used to take the magazine Organic Gardening, and in a more perfect world I would love not to have to use chemicals. But here (and mayber your ants aren't as bad or as many as ours) but here we have no choice.. Now if I could get rid of this stinging nettle! It laughs at Round-up...Vicki

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