Margali's Griffin Wood Ranch

[fuzzi]

I've had monstrous number of huge ant hills this year. Never, ever, like this before.

Last year (2023) the fire ants were so bad that they invaded my house, were even in my bedroom. I found out about the invasion when I was getting dressed and discovered my clothes were full of ants.

I bought the "Texas Two-step" ingredients, treated the area outside my bedroom with the birth control granules, and then 56 ant hills in my backyard...on about 1/6th of an acre (house lot is about .3 acre). This year about 3-4 hills popped up, got treated. I'm pretty much a live-and-let-live type, but fire ants aren't.

 

[fuzzi]

At the height of crazy, when you think you can’t take another moment of insanity, just take a deep breath. These are wonderful years, segments of your life that provide family stories to tell at the dinner table. The worse it is now, the funnier it is later.

This

And it's fun telling stories to grandchildren, about their parent...

 

[Ridgetop]

After 2 weeks of using a loaner, we gave up and bought another one. So the first is due to show up any day now.

Yes, as soon as you replace the item that is either "lost" or "stored in a safe lace where I know we can fd it" LOL it will turn up. This means that he wil have to take the tuba again next year!