Attack of the Fire Ants!!

This weekend we noticed we had a lot of fire ant hills popping up in the back yard. With all the rain and the fall weather starting to set in it is no surprise to us that they are starting to form. However, what we found we were not ready for. We noticed a small hill next to the girls turtle sandbox and noticed some had gotten inside the sandbox. We decide it would be in our best interest to chuck the old sand and get new as fire ants are nothing to mess with. When we lifted the sandbox what we found left us with eyes wide open.....

Fire Ant hill that had formed under the sandbox...







Lawn service in his Sunday best taking care of business...







On a small note, Curt and I each got a few bites when we lifed the sandbox and took it back by the fence, but that is nothing compared to what could have been if the situation went un-noticed!!