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title: "How do I keep ant hills from forming near my plants and bugs eating…"
description: "How do I keep ant hills from forming near my plants and bugs eating my leaves? My entire back yard is sand. I've had to put in fenced in soil."
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author: "Casie Jones"
published: "2026-08-21T15:03:03.229935Z"
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# How do I keep ant hills from forming near my plants and bugs eating…

_Posted by Casie Jones on 2026-08-21_

How do I keep ant hills from forming near my plants and bugs eating my leaves?  
My entire back yard is sand. I've had to put in fenced in soil.

## 4 comments

### Snowstorm commented on 2026-08-21

Have you tried using diatomaceous earth?

#### Casie Jones replied on 2026-09-12

I've never heard of it.

#### Snowstorm replied on 2026-09-12

It’s a really fine powder (similar texture to talc but not harmful at all) that you dust in your plants/soil to prevent pests. Works great on my tomatoe plants. To pests it’s like little razor blades and they can’t cross through. I find it at my local hardware store in the gardening department, big box stores should def have it, and it’s pretty inexpensive.

### LadyTenorJD commented on 2026-09-07

I container garden, personally. But the ants have found some of my plants. I think it would be worse if I planted in ground.

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