First of all, are there any other Victorians out there? At the moment we are enjoying warmish mid-summer weather, but the cooler nights are making fruit grow slow which means I have stumpy chillies (OZ spelling). Anyway, I can live with that. I found the thin walled fruit are doing fine, but the thick walled are stunted. Jalapenos, seem to ok. At last, to the point of the message, I have more than a few ant collonies which have seen fit to invade my potted plants and am wondering if they are good, bad or neutral. There are no aphids o attract them, they simply find my pots a great dig. anyone with any ideas? Join 18 million Eudora users by signing up for a free Eudora Web-Mail account at http://www.eudoramail.com