In 90o weather I finally decided to do the deed. At least last night I had the foresight to thoroughly soak the soil in preparation.
For some time now, I have been cutting back the chard which was bolting, infested with aphids and ants and just generally nasty. But no matter how much I chopped and whacked, it just kept relentlessly sending up infested shoots.
I have never seen anything quite like this...at first I thought it was mostly the red chard, but the yellow, white you name it chard all did the same thing. I also had hoped that the hot hot weather would see an end to the aphids and then the ants, but no!!! The ants became more agressive and bold. To reach into the bed to check on the squash or pepper, or eggplant was to recoil with ants racing up and down one's limbs! Yikes, not very pleasant.
so yesterday I started yanking out the chard. It was amazing how root bound they were, more than just j-root, but really contorted. Pretty fascinating actually, in very bright colors, depending on the chard.
And now they are all in the compost heap!
The other major ant infestation is on my little lemon tree where the ants are tending the scale. No matter how often I remove it, it comes right back with the ants in attendance. Really aggressive though non-biting at least. Still unpleasant. There are so many of them and only one of me!
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