Ants article - The Frugal Life

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November 11, 2009 at 8:36 am #22051
Anonymous
Thank you for your “Getting Rid of Ants” article. I appreciate the methods. Very informative and frugal indeed.
October 5, 2010 at 5:43 am #22052
Anonymous
Thank you. I will use your suggestions in my kitchen. Those rascals are resistant.
October 5, 2010 at 6:12 pm #22053
Anonymous
this gives you a good idea i am doing this project and this actually worked thank you
October 21, 2010 at 12:01 am #22054
Anonymous
Jennifer – try the cinnamon – I have a vegetable garden in my front yard and had ants all over. I sprinkled it around every raised bed and around the edges of my house – all ants are gone overnight. It’s wonderful!
October 23, 2010 at 5:12 am #22055
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Cornflour – works every time for us. Ants eat it but can’t digest it. The cornflour is fine enough to be walked back to the nest. We have a lot of ant problems here in Brisbane, but cornflour saves the day !
October 24, 2010 at 4:37 am #22056
Anonymous
Black Pepper is my choice for these little pesky ants….. they hate it and scatter fast.
October 30, 2010 at 6:16 pm #22057
Anonymous
that does not help drrderrrs.
November 7, 2010 at 11:19 pm #22058
Anonymous
Boric acid kills ants, but the high percentage to the bait mix usually kills them immediately. What you want is a lower dose — they take the poisoned bait back to the nest to share with the queen and the others. Commercial baits contain about 10% boric acid, you want about 3%. It seems that kitchen-type ants like either sweets or grease. Get some of the commercial bait and mix it with sugar water or grease (shortening, meat drippings, etc), 1/3 bait, 2/3 sugar water or grease. Boric acid is mildly toxic (mostly as an irritant), so I put the poisoned bait in a small screw-top jar with some holes put in the top, saved for just this purpose, and put the bait in that. It keeps it away from curious cats, and the dog can’t get into it even if they knock it onto the floor. LABEL THE JAR!
November 15, 2010 at 7:35 am #22059
Anonymous
………………………………it’s so amazing!you know what.,it really works in my house., it help me s lot thank you!!!!!!!
November 19, 2010 at 3:46 pm #22060
Anonymous
I wish someone would say which of all these works the absolute best every time.
November 22, 2010 at 3:59 am #22061
Anonymous
I am in LOVE with your comments!
November 29, 2010 at 6:00 am #22062
Anonymous
The simple green makes them smell good when you squish them after they have eaten there own……..ugh I have mutated ants!! 6 months later and the ones I kill now smell of simple green…
November 29, 2010 at 7:25 am #22063
Anonymous
i was thinking of trying the pepper idea but my family left some hot red chili peppers out and ants are all over those! why is that?
December 1, 2010 at 5:12 pm #22064
Anonymous
Just a caution. From what I was told black pepper can be deadly to cats.
December 5, 2010 at 1:26 am #22065
Anonymous
I had a problem with these buggers coming in through various cracks and all I did was squirt the green Palmolive dish soap in whatever cracks I have seen them come from, it stops the usage of that route forever.
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