Hammock. We've got fire ants here and yup, if you aren't watching where you're pitching, you'll have painful company.
If I have to pitch on the ground, finding an ant free place is a chore. My mom use to spray "off" around our tent perimeters when we were kids, and sometimes dribbled camp gas or sufler powder around them too. It worked...ants wouldn't cross it. That was back in the 60's.....today it would be unthinkable to do that. So, give hammocks a try, especially since you're in the pines. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />