A practical ant-control episode with a preservation bonus.
This episode stays with a familiar garden headache, ants in raised beds and plant containers, and Debbie Flower offers a simple home formula for handling them.

Fred Hoffman
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Tips for beginning and experienced gardeners. New episodes arrive every Friday. Fred Hoffman has been a U.C. Certified Master Gardener since 1982 and writes a weekly garden column for the Lodi News-Sentinel in Lodi, CA. A four-decade fixture in Sacramento radio, he hosted three radio shows for Northern California gardeners and farmers: The KFBK Garden Show, Get Growing with Farmer Fred, and the KSTE Farm Hour. Episode Website: https://gardenbasics.net
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A practical ant-control episode with a preservation bonus.
This episode stays with a familiar garden headache, ants in raised beds and plant containers, and Debbie Flower offers a simple home formula for handling them.


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Farmer Fred and retired horticulture professor Debbie Flower tackle ant infestations in raised beds, sharing effective boric acid solutions.
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