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For mosquitos, build some Purple Martin houses. Purple Martins love mosquitos. For Fire Ants, get Amdro Fire Ant killer. With Fire Ants, all you can do is manage them, you'll never get rid of them all.

I believe that Purple Martins prefer their houses to be in open areas, fields, etc. They don't like to fly through trees. I'm right on a lake and the immediate area aound the house is heavily wooded with live oaks and pines. The shade is a Godsend from the summer sun. I've been thinking about clearing out the pines...maybe I'll build myself a log cabin...then I could put up a couple of Purple Martin houses. I've also heard that bats will eat the mosquitos. I gave my sister a bat house for Christmas, I'll wait and see how hers works before I get any.

I've been using Enforcer on the ants. Seems to get them to move to another location. Their bites are horrid!

The fire ants in my yard seem to love the Amdro. I've found that if I spray the yard & flower beds with a mixture of Dawn Dishwashing Liquid (not the stuff for diswashers) and water in a high powered sprayer at least once a week, I never find them in my yard.

Also, if your dog has fleas and/or ticks, wash them in a solution of Dawn & it kills them on contact. Be sure to rinse ol' Rover thoroughly and put some moisturizing conditioner on him afterwards because it removes all the oil on his coat & it'll make him itchy.

Another "organic" method I have found for keeping ants & tree roaches out of the house is to spray around the doors and into the weep holes of the house a concentrated citrus oil. I use Orange Glow. It's highly toxic to anything with more than four legs and it works great!