by eggyannie 13 Jun 2013

are ants coming into your home? if so here is a quick fix

purchase some real peppermint oil and put some cotton wool balls into a plastic bag add a few drops of the oil and leave for a few minutes. Now simply pop a couple into the cupboard. put a drop of peppermint oil onto a cotton ball and smear it across the step to stop ants from entering and if you have a nest too near the doorway the just put a drop at the entrance to the nest.
ants hate peppermint and will will avoid it as much as they can

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Comments (8)

by jenne 14 Jun 2013

I have read that if you wash you cabinet tops in vinegar they can not follow their trail back to there nest therefore they will not come back to your house. it erases there trail which they leave to let other ants know where the food is.

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by ansalu 14 Jun 2013

I use baking powder. They bring it in their nest and eat it. The powder starts to expand and kills them. The other way I destroy a nest is to boil water and poor it over the nest. Pure biological ;o)

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by marianb 14 Jun 2013

Thanks for the tip!

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by cj2sew 13 Jun 2013

What about the red ants that leave a terrible bite. They make little hills all over the fields and yards down here in South East Alabama. As soon as I kill one mound another one pops up somewhere else in the yard.

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by cfidl 14 Jun 2013

I think I would have my house surrounded by all the products listed here. Ugh!

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by lindaavolio 13 Jun 2013

I have another remedy....sprinkle cornmeal (outside) where they are coming in ... they take it back to the rest of them and they all eat...they cannot digest it and they die.