ants in my pants

So tonight after supper I decided that I really can't keep waiting to get this garden going. Also, a certain someone is telling me that everything is dying because it's not been planted. I got changed out of my scrubs and headed out. That black stuff that we put down two years ago was still there, but covered by weeds. The very things it was supposed to keep out. Imagine that. So, I found a corner and started tugging. It came off fairly easy. I was semi-surprised. I kinda figured it would, but, you never know. It was still hard work because it's very heavy with all those friggin' weeds!! As I was going along, I'm feeling what seemed like bites on my legs. Upper left leg mostly. Well, it seems that there are many ant colonies that have taken up residence under this crap!! They obviously were not happy with my efforts to dismantle their homes. Also, I think they had heard from other ant relatives nearer to the house about the slight disruption the night before as I pulled some weeds from between a sidewalk crack. Now I'm quite sure they will come looking for me when I go to sleep. Poppy told me last night that he heard that a good way to get rid of ants is to sprinkle corn meal near them. It ssems that they take it back to the rest of the little buggers and they all eat it and they can't digest it, and die. So, after leaving heaping piles of weedy black fabric around my garden, I headed into the house for corn meal. I sprinkled it all over the garden. At least the birds will be happy in the long run because they can eat ant larvae and cornmeal tomorow!

Petie had been hanging out while all this was going on and I thought it would be nice just to sit with him for a bit, as Kev had gone inthe house. It took him a little bit but soon he was rolling all around, had a nice little pee in my flowers, then came and snuggled up next to me. I talked to him for a bit, and before I knew it, he was in my lap, happy as a clam. Poor little guy. I'm sure that we are the only soft caresses and kind words he has ever had in his short life. He sat with me till my feet nearly fell off from falling asleep, then Kev came out and gave him some treats so I could go in the house.

Well, it's time to go for Kylie, so I'm off. I'm looking so forward to the long weekend...