Subject: Carpenter Ants advice wanted
From: littlepua@aol.com (Little Pua)
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Date: Wed, 3 Sep 1997 07:09:57 -0400
Message-ID: <MOD$970903.3503@rec.gardens.ecosystems>


I am having to rebuild part of a porch due to severe damage from carpenter
ants, which is costing me about $5000. It looks like extensive termite
damage but we found the culpret and it is carpenter ants. I am told the
ants will actually have a nest up to 100 feet away somewhere on my property
and that I will never really get rid of them until I find this nest. My 1/2
acre garden is organic and I would like to keep it this way, but I am
surely being tested now. I cannot afford the type of damage they have done
on my home. I welcome any advice anyone might have. I have not yet found
the main nest and am afraid they will just move to another part of my house
after I fix this area. I have a brick home with woood framing.

Sherry