The Ants Go Marching (all over our garden)

Our garden is thriving this year. We planted carrots, strawberries, and peas 2 weeks earlier than we have in the past, and it seems to have made a huge difference in our garden. All the rain we had at the beginning of the summer helped too. 


But.


Ants. Thousands of ants have invaded our garden. And all those ants have eaten dozens and dozens of our strawberries. Not only that, but the strawberry plants are absolutely covered in crawling ants. Not an easy task to pick the couple of strawberries the little buggers haven't gotten to yet.

So, here are the five I salvaged, plus a few raspberries that have come in from our raspberry bushes that we planted this year. So far the raspberries are safe from the ants, and hopefully we'll get a bunch more berries.

Meanwhile, we've sprinkled cornmeal around the garden in hopes of getting rid of the little pests. Such a shame - the strawberries we did eat were so delicious.

On another note, we planted basil into a pot indoors and it has grown wonderfully from little seeds! We've already enjoyed a lot of it with our dinners, and it keeps thriving. Nothing beats fresh basil. Also, A's cherry tomato plant is looking like it's going to start flowering any day now. She planted it while it was just a tiny sprout at school (the wonderful Greenstart Project) and brought it home, determined that tomatoes would grow from it. I'd say it is looking very likely.

The basil plant is on the left, and the tomato plant on the right. Can't wait to make a little salad with these two plants!