Name: Anne Summerville, SC (Zone 8a) Only dead fish go with the flow!
I tried that and something called tangle foot - I tried everything I could think of until I came up with the water barrier .. the problem with petroleum jelly is that it melts in the heat and makes an icky mess. I also saw a most amazing thing last year - the ants were so desperate to get to the feeders that some literally made a bridge across the water with their bodies and let other ones crawl over them! I've only seen that happen once.
Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.
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