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"Dave" wrote in message
news:MOD$010707.1403@rec.gardens.ecosystems... > > My wife has an herb garden here in Wyoming. We have always had ants (Red > ants with a black butt) but this year they seem way over populated. We
have > cottonless cottonwood trees near the garden which have had aphids, and
were > told the ants are controlling the aphids. > > We DO NOT use herbacides and pesticides at all in the yard, not even weed > killer on our lawn fertilizations. (She harvests the dandylions :) ) > > Does anyone know a way we can naturally control the ant population (they
are > biting the heck out of her in the herb garden)? We realize controlling the > ants may imbalance another area of the ecosystem. We don't want to do that > if the high ant population is natural, and helpful, we'll just live with
it, > but perhaps we have done something unknowingly that has allowed the ants
too > much and could try and balance that back to more normal numbers. > > This year I have seen many aphids on nearby sagebrush but not much on the > cottonwood trees. The ant nest seems to be at the base of one particular > tree but they are also all over the sage brush mentioned, and throughout
the > herbgarden. > > Many or the herbs have little bites and on the underside of those leaves, > some brown spots. I don't see and aphids though on the herbs. > > The only control she has found is to water the garden down good and the
ants > run, then she can tend it for a period. > > Thanks for any responses. > > Dave > > >