Hi all. I'm having a slight (ok, I'm in South Carolina zone 7, it's a bit more then slight!) problem with fire ants in the garden bed. As far as I can tell most of them are near to the bed without actually being in the bed itself.
What is the best way to get rid of those ones already in and around the bed? Also, to prevent them being a future problem, any good ideas to keep them away? This will be a vegetable garden, so anything unsafe is out. All the methods I know off hand wouldn't be vegetable friendly.
Also would a few fire ants be likely to damage my gardens fruits and vegetables? I would assume they would but I don't really if a few ants will just bother me or bother me and my plants. If they will just be a pest to me, I likely wont go after them as aggressively, but will go a lot harder on them if messing with my plants.