Barriehie
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The flying ones; they do that here too. You'll go outside and see 1 or 2 sides of the house *covered* with ants.
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I'd rather you be enjoying your raspberries than being eaten by ants! I am guessing these are just a nuisance and they don't bite?
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The ones on the house are a problem.
Swarming ants outside I have to problems with. Any ants inside are another matter
And yes, they do bite, but luckily this part of Australia doesn't currently have fire ants.
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SandwichShortOfAPicnic
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Our garden is invested with ants. I’m very grateful we don’t have partition walls.
badjak
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I got termites 
Barriehie
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They put things in the ground here for that but the raccoons usually dig them out.
badjak
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The termites are endemic.
We do treat our fencing poles (mopani).
I used steel for most of the house and I don't want to keep going around spraying in the garden as my dogs (and I) are there walking around a couple of times a day.
I'm still contemplating using a termite mound to make a pizza oven
We do treat our fencing poles (mopani).
I used steel for most of the house and I don't want to keep going around spraying in the garden as my dogs (and I) are there walking around a couple of times a day.
I'm still contemplating using a termite mound to make a pizza oven
Me too. And ants. we must be missing an anteater somewhere.I got termites
Maybe I can adopt one...
That is the definition of turning lemons into lemonade.I'm still contemplating using a termite mound to make a pizza oven
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It was a cold start here this morning, but not as cold as just down the road.
They're forecasting 28°C tomorrow and 36°C by the Saturday but with quite low overnight temperatures for the next few nights.
They're forecasting 28°C tomorrow and 36°C by the Saturday but with quite low overnight temperatures for the next few nights.
SandwichShortOfAPicnic
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I don’t know how I’d cope with such wild fluctuations in temperature.
Layers I suppose and lots of ‘em
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Yeah, that is the hard part. Layers do help as do plenty of complete changes of clothes.I don’t know how I’d cope with such wild fluctuations in temperature.
Layers I suppose and lots of ‘em
I did sleep in my night shirt, with pj bottoms, a sweatshirt and woolly socks last night! Hubby got up during the night to put socks on.
I'm considering not wearing the sweatshirt tonight, but we'll see. I need to do a check of what it actually is outside and compare it to what it was last night.
SandwichShortOfAPicnic
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It’s not like your metabolism gets a chance to acclimatise and decide whether it need to burn fuel fast and you should eat more or it should go into salad mode
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Thoughts abandoned. The forecast is 8-10°C and it's already down to 13°C and is not dark yet. It was 12°C at this point yesterday, so probably another cold night. Summer cotton quilt and windows open won't help, but that's how we always sleep.