On Tue, 26 Aug 2008 01:31:17 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
wrote:

I posted the following to alt.lawn.home.garden, with little response. So
I thought I'd try here...

We live in the Arizona desert near Phoenix and have a significant problem
with large black ants in the yard. We have had exterminators (costly),
but they were only successful for a period of time before the ants
returned.

I had read somewhere that one could make a solution of water, sugar, and
borax (boric acid?), which was an effective poison for ants. The problem
is that I don't know the proportions that should be used.

Can anyone here help with this? Are there other homemade options that I
don't know about? We're trying to steer clear of commercial products, and
also stay as "green" as possible.

TIA


Tero works for me. They now have a product that comes in easy-to-use
trays, no mixing. It works within a week and they are gone!