Monday 24 May 2010

No more bare knees

I learned not to wear sandals to the allotment last year when I got bitten by ants, this year I have also learned not to wear shorts.  I was bitten by a solitary (and now very dead) ant on Saturday morning that crawled up onto my kneeling pad, and my knee has subsequently swelled up quite dramatically in reaction. Ants are now top of my hit list. Hopefully, many of them will be taken care of by application of the new Grow Your Own nematodes, which apparently contain a microscopic worm that ants cannot stand. Whilst it doesn't actually kill them, it makes them move out!  It also covers a host of other pests, so I'm going to give it a go.  Another weapon in the armoury against little beasties that want to eat my crops before me.