Today's post - How To Get Rid Of Ants - will be useful if you are fighting ants in the house and if they are damaging your garden as well.
Ants, like any other insects, are not welcome in the house...not at all. Indeed, they are a nuisance because they bring a lot of bacteria into your kitchen counters, cupboards, and pantries. So you will want to keep them away, preventing them from entering your home.
There are several efficient homemade recipes, all poisonless, that you may apply to get rid of those insects, which are nice in Aesop's fable only.
One recipe to repel ants can be made by adding to an eight-ounce bottle of mild liquid soap one ounce each of citronella, pennyroyal, peppermint, cinnamon, rose and tea oil. Mix together and add three tablespoons of the mixture to two cups of water. Spray where ants are entering the house as well as garbage and recycling bins. You may also use this formula to wash the kitchen counters but, in this case, only use one-half tablespoon to two cups of water.
Another mixture to be used for repelling ants might be a solution of vinegar and water, which they find repulsive.
Also powdered cloves or red peppers sprinkled on the surface where ants are found work well as these insects are fastidious and won't come back to where those hot spices can get on their feet and antennae.
Last but not least, make sure the kitchen counter is free of food crumbs as this is what attracts ants. Keeping the place clean will certainly stop them from coming inside.
Great advice! Thanks!!
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