we have alot of them on our lot. In Tx, I used Over and Out - worked great, actually killed them and kept them away for close to a year, but I haven't seen that product down here. Any suggestions? Please?? (scratch, scratch, ouch, @*#&$)

Any product with Diazanon ( spray or granular) will do the trick. Your best product out there is "Amdro". It's the only product recommended by the US dept. of Agriculture.

but be careful Diazanon gets human pests as well.
I pronounce it Die-Ass-anon so I don't forget what I'm spraying.

Good anaolgy Elbert. Chemicals of any sort should be broadcast with the greatest of care. I use Amdro, for all intents and purposes its not noxious, but still wear protective clothes and mask .

We use Amdro on the ants here, but no matter what product we use, it just seems to chase them from one place to another.

I heard black pepper will keep them away not tried it though.

if it doesn't work, at least they will be nicely seasoned!!

boric acid works pretty well - it's not as toxic as most of the chemical stuff that's sold commercially and once the ants take it home it pretty much takes care of the problem

Boric acid is what we use in the UK. It isn't particularly noxious to pets, and biodegrades quite quickly.

Ant Control Recipe:
Mix together in a container that will not be used for anything else:
4 ounces of peanut butter
4 ounces of sugar
4 ounces of boric acid
Set in place where the ants are congregating. Leave in place for several days allowing the ants to feed. May need to be repeated.
CAUTION: You want to place the bait where the ants will eat it but not where children or pets can get it.

Thanks for the info. I hate to use some of the super toxic stuff out there, am going to try the boric acid. Does that come in powder/granule form or is it liquid (also need to find out if I can get it here in SP, if anyone knows please let me know)? We have all kinds of geckos, wishwillys, etc. along with birds on the lot so I want something that hopefully will minimize the risk to them (if possible). I know pouring boiling water down their mounds works well, but we aren't living there yet, so that isn't a option.

Boric Acid comes in a powder form. It looks almost like Talcum powder. I don't know if it is sold in SP ( I don't live there) But, I'm sure someone on here who does can help you.

A couple of days ago I saw boric acid in big containers at Island Supermarket, in the pesticide section.

Does boric acid really work on fire ants? Or does it just chase them around too? I heard it works on roaches (but we dont' have those, thankfully, since we live in the country) Since the hurricanes left so much rain here all the fire ants have come to the surface and we have big mounds all over our field and on the edges of the driveway.
We used these deals you drive into the ground around our chicken coops and those seemed to work pretty well. i dont' know what kind of poison is in them though, but at least the chickens can't get to it.

check out this site govikes... www.fireant.net
there's a bunch more sites on fire ants... just type in your search engine "fire ant remedies"...hope this helps...and see u in november...anything i can bring down for you, within reason, of course????....take care...kerry