Physical: Pour boiling water on mounds (60% effective) or shovel them out. Chemical: Perimeter bait application (baits not labeled for garden interior but foraging ants carry it back). Some contact insecticides (permethrin, esfenvalerate, carbaryl) are labeled for garden soil pests. Organic: Spinosad bait + orange oil or spinosad drench. Monitor regularly and treat promptly.
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