Latestarter's ramblings/musings/gripes and grumbles.

[Latestarter]

Thanks! I'll try that as they are back in force and I can't seem to keep them out. Found out this morning that they're fire ants Care to guess how I arrived at that knowledge? Seems they have also infiltrated the hay bales.

 

[Baymule]

Fire ants love hay bales. And they will get in your house, they seem to have a penchant for hanging out on clothes hangers. Why I don't know. LS you are in Texas now. They are called FAHR AINTS. Practice it till you get it right.

 

[Southern by choice]

Teresa sells those oils and said the peppermint oil was also good to put in crawl spaces to repel spiders.

I saw a whole thing on cinnamon oils- it was specifically for ants... can't find the video though of how they had you use it.
Would you mind asking Teresa if she knows about it?
We have never had ants here til this year! They aren't true fire ants but what looks to be a cross of the red and black ants and they bite- not as bad as fireants- they don't leave ya blistered but they hurt and bite over and over.
I have no idea why we now have them... and they are bad!

 

[Alaskan]

They've forecast 40" +\- of rain for a huge swath of east TX. I believe some small localized areas that got rain bands training over them might pick up huge amounts, while other areas that fall between the bands aren't getting as much as forecast. In the end though, I'm pretty sure just about everyone under the storm is going to get plenty of rain.

I dunno... this forecasting thing...

they had said San Antonio was going to get hit hard... and sheesh, that nasty Harvey is dumping in a totally different area and not letting up on those poor central and eastern folks.... The hill country is fine as wine and smooth as velvet! Everyone east and central look like trampled daisies.

If it would just move on! I think the big issue is that Harvey is so slow... wont just get a move on and petter out like a good hurricane.

 

[Bruce]

Someone I know on another forum that lives near Houston posted about 6 PM (Eastern) they had 20" of rain, water channeling trenches (dug deeper 2 days ago) full, yard under water ... and their neighbor's house flooded so they have "houseguests". No internet but still had power.

they had said San Antonio was going to get hit hard

San Antonio?? That is where they sent everyone that lived near Corpus Christi. Doesn't seem like a place to send people if that was the forecast.

 

[Alaskan]

Originally San Antonio was on yellow allert... everything was shut down in preparation... my sister outside of New Braunfels was told to expect 30" of rain... she got maybe 3....

As to Houston... I think the issue there is that the city is just HUGE! That means that there are some super low always floods there spots, as well as some areas that are usually high and dry.

Not sure how much rain my parents have gotten (middle of
Houston), but where she is it keeps draining nicely. She said that the worst it got was maybe two inches over the street, but it went away very quickly and is now only on the street edges.

 

[Alaskan]

Oh... and it is usually just downtown San Antonio that floods...the rest of the city is usually fine.

 

[CntryBoy777]

Knocking out FAHR Ants is a never ending process, but ya can make headway with leftover liquid, before ya go and get more for the lawn mower.....and mower liquid works better than tractor liquid........this message will self-destruct in 2hrs

 

[Goat Whisperer]

Knocking out FAHR Ants is a never ending process, but ya can make headway with leftover liquid, before ya go and get more for the lawn mower.....and mower liquid works better than tractor liquid........this message will self-destruct in 2hrs

 

[Mike CHS]

I saw a whole thing on cinnamon oils- it was specifically for ants... can't find the video though of how they had you use it.
Would you mind asking Teresa if she knows about it?
We have never had ants here til this year! They aren't true fire ants but what looks to be a cross of the red and black ants and they bite- not as bad as fireants- they don't leave ya blistered but they hurt and bite over and over.
I have no idea why we now have them... and they are bad!

That's one she said she has no experience with but the literature says the oils do not kill them but can repel them.