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Man, I miss circling the Sonic...do teenagers still do that? We would make a loop from the sonic to the old Hardee's that is torn down now and would usually end up in the City Parking Lot.

My Daddy use to circle..I think it was called the Rainbow Drive In in Hartsville and that would have been in the fifties I guess.
 
Thanks Laura! I really really looked for SC threads before I posted this one but I couldn't find them somehow.
I was kind of discouraged to join in after that for a few days because I thought there weren't any of you guys in SC...Glad I was WRONG!!
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Has there been any getting together in SC??

We didn't have fire ants in VA where I went to high school. It was very strange to me at first to see all of the neighborhood kids wear shose playing in the yard around here. lol



Chickiepoo- I've got to get those food grade DE!!
The poison for killing fire ants seems so harsh for the environment that I was scared to use it around kids and animals.
Never heard of DE till I came to this forum but it sounds like a solution for almost all the bug problems, which we have soooo many around here!
 
We all met at Ryan's Steakhouse for lunch on Sat. Feb. 23. We all had a really nice lunch and did game and gave out prizes and just got to know each other. THEN we carried it outside to the Kroger parking lot where we proceeded to buy sell and swap chickens, and might I add people had some really nice birds. We had probably been out there 45 min. when here comes animal control and told us we had to leave, seems like the manager of Kroger didn't like the competition for his meat and eggs. But it did turn out to be a great day. Read though the post about it. There are some pictures we posted after we got home.
 
TMK....It has taken a long time to get used to the humidity......It still gets me sometimes.....but I have to say, I will never move back. Nor could I afford it for that matter now.....holy cow! Our house that we had is now over a million.....wish I still had it so I could sell it!!

We dont play outside without our shoes either....too many bugs, snakes and poop!!

Glad to be southern now!
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I have been using the DE for the fire ants this year but so far they just have moved a few feet over from where ever I stir it in. I am keeping after them. They did not show up here on our farm till about 3 years ago and no matter where we kill one, another just pops up nearby. I have gotten afraid to mow the pasture because they get huge and I worry I will get covered in them if the wind is blowing just right. They certainly leave nasty little marks one me.
Have you all seen the commercials with the guys using different methods to get rid of them? Too funny! But scary.
Glad now I don't have more land to have to keep up with.
And the chickens aren't too thrilled about eating them but they do try to help when I stir the mound and put in DE. Crazy boogers!
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Yeah, it takes some diligence to get rid of them. Actually, I can only say that I have controlled them with DE. But it is a lot of fun to put the DE on a mound and watch the little buggers writhe and die. If you do a search on DE and fireants you will see directions on pressure spraying into the bed. This is more effective that just sprinkling the bed with De. But, I like dealing with the pests in a way that will not harm the other animals.
Yeah, if you have acres to treat, you might want to try another method. But even the poisonous broadcast methods take some time and diligence to get rid of them. So, I will still use DE.

Also, as far as the bites are concerned, I used to use bleach. My oldest son (31) is allergic and we always just rubbed bleach on the bites, until I discovered Bert's Bees Res-Q-Ointment. If you get that stuff on a fire ant bite or a mosquito bite within 20 minutes , you will not see a mark where you were bitten the next day. I buy it in a small metal container, and I keep one in my purse, one in the kitchen, one in the bathroom, one in the barn, one in each vehicle, and an extra one to give away. My daughter and I were in the grocery store one day and a friend of hers was looking for some kind of cream for treating a new tattoo and I gave him a tin of Res-Q-Ointment. He told Madalyn it was the best he had used. Also very good for burns. My son ran over a bed of coals one spring with his Rainbow flip-flops. He had to sleep with his foot in a bowl of chilled water. I put the ointment on his burn until I could get him to the pediatrician three days later. No infection. He couldn't even tolerate a shoe for a week. Ointment and socks only. This stuff is Good for any "boo-boo". Even bruises. I used to always use triple-antibiotic cream. I haven't even needed it since I found out about the Res-Q Ointment. That dadgum rooster that spurred me three times (and is now no longer with us); I treated all those scratches with Res-Q ointment and never had a problem.
 
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Is that sold at WalMart?
I'm very allergic to fireants' bite and gnats' bite. I use fireants ointment sold at WalMart but it doesn't work as well as what you described with yours. I'd like to try if I can find them.

I got two little fireant bites on my toes when I was working in my garden and my entire leg swelled up.
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I couldn't put any pressure on my foot for two days because it was so swollen!
I love spring and summer because I can do a lot in my garden, but hate the fact I have to be so afraid of the ants.
 
I haven't seen it at Wal-mart, but I have seen it in most drug stores. They will usually have a display with other Burt's Bees products. I love all of their products. I don't know what drug stores you have in your area, but CVS and Wal-Greens here carries some of their product. Maybe Eckerd. Oddly enough the Tobacco Market here also carries it. Oh, and the local feed store. Not TSC, but the locally owned one. You can also go online to www.burtsbees.com and they have a function to locate a store near you using your zipcode.
I use their skin care products, soaps, and lip gloss. They have baby care products, also.
 

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