Fire Ants on plants
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Ants | Posted:
Fri Aug 04, 2006 6:27 am
This started out to be a great day. When I got to work The yard Maint.man was redoing all out flower beds with Cigar Plants or Fire Cracker plants. I wasn't sure which as my plants like them are red and yellow tipped flowers and these are all red.Lots of Monkey Grass being dug up and tossed out.Well,being who I am and loving almost all plants for sure free ones .I ask if I could have them .He said yes he would bring them to the Guard Shack.He left them outside in the shade.One of our drivers came in and I got him to help me get them to the car when I took my right hand off the box it was covered in fire ants .It didn't take but seconds to get that box out of my car .I have app.30 bites on my hand and other bites on my feet and legs and left hand.My hand is really swollen bad .My joints are hurting .I gave all my free plants to Evelyn a friend at work .She has a pickup truck and a friend of hers loaded it in the back.I hope everyone on Stew doesn't have fire ants . I know those from Texas do.They are so very painful and have you covered in a split second.We loose baby calves and all kinds of animals to them.
I finally got home to my Benadryl and Alcohol and a pain pill .I am now feeling drowsey .
I sure hated to give my box of plants to someone else
I have one plant of Monkey Grass .Evelyn said she would share when she got the ants off and they started growing .I sure hope she remembers.
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