CntryBoy777
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I have a tractor jack that works pretty good too...
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CntryBoy777
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Something that I came across that may interest ya...the khaki campbell ducks are tenacious on slug eggs in the soil, so ya should notice them going after the dirt more readily than your Pekins....and a whole lot less slugs around your area and garden when they get out and about there....
babsbag
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I have a t-post puller which I like, I won't say love, but it can be a literally pain when it slips...
Years back when we lived in the city we wanted to remove a post that had been for a clothesline prior to us buying the house. We dug, we pulled, we dug some more and pulled some more. We had no tractor and with zero foot lot lines wouldn't have mattered if we did, so we dug some more. Finally DH got a chain and some rope, about 40' of rope and tied it to the hitch on our truck which was as close as we could get to the post. He had about 40' to drive before he would be in the street and it took almost that much to yank that dang post out of the ground. It ended up being in concrete, which we knew, but it looked like a carrot and close to 3' long...all of that for a clothesline, they must have had some heavy clothes.
Years back when we lived in the city we wanted to remove a post that had been for a clothesline prior to us buying the house. We dug, we pulled, we dug some more and pulled some more. We had no tractor and with zero foot lot lines wouldn't have mattered if we did, so we dug some more. Finally DH got a chain and some rope, about 40' of rope and tied it to the hitch on our truck which was as close as we could get to the post. He had about 40' to drive before he would be in the street and it took almost that much to yank that dang post out of the ground. It ended up being in concrete, which we knew, but it looked like a carrot and close to 3' long...all of that for a clothesline, they must have had some heavy clothes.
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Devonviolet
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DH & I were just talking & the topic of fire ant control came up. I just wanted to give a shout out to @Baymule for her suggestion to exchange shovelsful, of fire ant hills - IOW starting Ant Wars. IT WORKS!!! 
DH kept buying ant poison, and it bothered me every time I saw him walking around the yard with the poison, sprinkling it on the hills.
But, the fire ants never really went away. 
I asked him to try the ant wars, but he didn't think it would work. One day I kinda had a hissy fit over ant poison being used where chickens could get it. And asked AGAIN if he would put the poison away and try the ant war method.
So, DH agreed & got the shovel out. He has been doing it for about a month now, and says it really is getting rid of the fire ants!
So, thanks a million Bay!!! 
DH kept buying ant poison, and it bothered me every time I saw him walking around the yard with the poison, sprinkling it on the hills.
But, the fire ants never really went away. I asked him to try the ant wars, but he didn't think it would work. One day I kinda had a hissy fit over ant poison being used where chickens could get it.
And asked AGAIN if he would put the poison away and try the ant war method.So, DH agreed & got the shovel out. He has been doing it for about a month now, and says it really is getting rid of the fire ants!
So, thanks a million Bay!!! - Thread starter
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Devonviolet
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That's really cool beans! We have lots of other annoying bugs around here. But, slugs isn't one, that I have noticed here in East Texas. I have dealt with them, in other places, that I have lived (they THRIVED in Southern CA!!!) But, not here.
Baymule
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I am glad that the fire ant wars worked for you. My Daddy hated fire ants and did everything from poison to gasoline to boiling water to scoops of ants from one hill mixed with ants of another ant hill. Foreign ants are attacked, the invader ants attack, and they kill each other. 
greybeard
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I got rid of every fireant mound on this place in 24 hours and there were hundreds of them.
Bruce
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And Ant Wars are ecologically safe!
Baymule
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What did you use?
What ^^ she said/asked. I am not above chemical warfare. I've bought the fire ant killer particles and it kills part of the nest then they move it and pop back up next door.
