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We already know that many kinds of ant farm aphids and other insects. Now it turns out they are also capable of weeding, using their formic acid stings as herbicide.
So, here at Halfbaked Laboratories, we have interbred sundry species of ant to produce the Gardener Ant.
Place the enclosed box
on your lawn, and forget about ever tending your lawn again. In short order you will have a long-lasting colony of ants that not only keeps the lawn clear of pests and weeds, but ensures the lawn is properly aerated by farming worms (we figured that would work better than aphids). Moreover, these cunning insects get their nutrition from the grass itself, keeping it always leveled off at 4" high.
And for those of you concerned about your chrysanthemums, merely plant the enclosed chemical markers along the floral border of the lawn, announcing to the ants that these areas are off limits. Coming soon: our Flower Garden Ants, capable of preserving a wide variety of garden flowers, while weeding and killing their pests.
[po: like my women, I like my lawns luscious, but okay, just for you, we'll trim it a bit.]
Gardening Ants
http://www.nytimes....bse.html?oref=login
[DrCurry, Sep 27 2005]
That would be Curry Drive, po
http://snipurl.com/hzkh
[DrCurry, Sep 27 2005]
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yeah, fine if I only want the one kind of tree. what is the ant going to do for my chrysanthemums? |
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6"? thats a bit long isn't it? |
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me thinks that curry is a city dr |
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drain? driven? drool? drivel? droll? dream? |
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women are quite accustomed to men exaggerating their girth but not their lush lawns |
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I like my grass a bit shaggy! |
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[Po], are you conveying secret message to [blissmiss] again? |
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no. you intercepted a secret message to DC. |
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//In short order you will have a long-lasting colony of ants that not only keeps the lawn clear of pests and weeds// |
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Let some fire ants loose and it will also be free of dogs and kids. |
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We might be able to make such ants soon, but how would we keep them from evolving undesirable habits? |
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(0) Worm farming is not going to work
unless the ants get some return. And what
are the ants going to do for the worms? |
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(1) Even four inches of grass is a meadow,
not a lawn. Two inches is the maximum
for a civilised English lawn. |
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