If you’re like me and enjoy going out to work in the garden, you’ve been putting in some hours to get your landscape and vegetable gardens ready for the growing season. If, also like me, you’ve ...

EAST TEXAS - Just last week, I kneeled down to get a closer look at a weed and put my knee squarely in a fire ant mound. I swatted my pants leg and got all of them off without getting stung. It was a ...

Spring is near in Louisiana. The birds are singing and flowers are beginning to blossom in our landscapes. It’s a great time to be outdoors. Watch your step, though, or you might become a victim of ...

Fire ants are well established here in Rowan County and some of them like to call your pasture or hayfield home. Whether you are dealing with one mound or 100 mounds in some cases, you need to know ...

Nothing will ruin the look of a front yard quite like the eyesore of a fire ant mound. Many South Carolina homeowners have battled with the pesky insects for decades, as the invasive species has ...

Every year, once warm weather arrives, we fight a battle to keep our home ant-free without nasty chemicals. Fortunately, I've recently found some DIY ant bait recipes that have worked like a charm!

Spring is an ideal time to take the first step to fire ant control, said a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service expert. “This is the time of year when ants begin foraging for food and when spring ...

Gardeners preparing summer vegetable gardens may find their plots already teeming with life, but not the kind they would like to see. Fire ants are common in yards, flowerbeds, playgrounds and gardens ...