Welcome to General Chat - GAW Community Area
This General Chat area started off as a place for people to talk about things that are off topic, however it has quickly evolved into a community and has become an intergral part of the GAW experience for many of us.
Based on it's evolving needs and plenty of user feedback, we are trying to bring some order and institute some rules. Please make sure you read these rules and participate in the spirit of this community.
Rules for General Chat
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Be respectful to each other. This is of utmost importance, and comments may be removed if deemed not respectful.
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Avoid long drawn out arguments. This should be a place to relax, not to waste your time needlessly.
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Personal anecdotes, puzzles, cute pics/clips - everything welcome
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Please do not spam at the top level. If you have a lot to post each day, try and post them all together in one top level comment
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Try keep things light. If you are bringing in deep stuff, try not to go overboard.
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Things that are clearly on-topic for this board should be posted as a separate post and not here (except if you are new and still getting the feel of this place)
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If you find people violating these rules, deport them rather than start a argument here.
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Feel free to give feedback as these rules are expected to keep evoloving
In short, imagine this thread to be a local community hall where we all gather and chat daily. Please be respectful to others in the same way
Thanks! I didn't know that would kill ants. We always have a lot and the buggers bite me every time I mow my yard. Bah!
ants will move on out if you use coffee grounds, they hate it. I just don't want them in my garden, have at it in the road or in the woods. Problem with insecticides, is they kill beneficial insects too, the good bugs that will eat the bad bugs. Also, the birds eat bugs. If you can get your gardens into a nice balance, things do work out, it takes a few years.
The best thing to kill ants is a white powder. And I can’t think of the name of it, but the stuff is so pungent. You have to wear a mask with it. But it does the trick. Every single time. Best stuff ever.
I like the stuff but it’s so messy. Living in Arizona. It’s something that you would put a home barrier around your house for scorpions. Works great for that. Never tried it for ants though. Great suggestion.
Ticks are everywhere in Vermont now, my friends are always pickin em off, I free range my chickens after the garden is done, and before I plant out, there are no ticks on my property, anywhere, even where they don't go, I run my dogs through my small woods, nope. It's almost weird, as a matter of fact. I caught Lyme in Vermont, in 1985, before I bought my place. I was staying at a farm a friend had, about 2 miles away, go figure.