I was just wondering if there is a better way to get of ants, with out calling someone because of my work schedule and cost.
2007-04-28 03:48:57 · 6 answers · asked by J H 6 in Home & Garden ➔ Other - Home & Garden
For ants on the counter top, wipe down counter top with white vinegar. To prevent ants from coming into the house, or getting into cupboards, sprinkle dried mint or red pepper where they are entering the house and in the cupboards. If you know where the anthills are make a mixture of 50 percent borax (sold in laundry aisle of supermarkets) and 50 percent confectioner's sugar and place near anthill. The ants are attracted to the sugar and carry the fatal borax/sugar combination back to the nest to feed the queen and other ants. Soon all ants will be dead. Do not put this mixture where children and pets can ingest it. To get rid of anthills, pour 3 gallons of boiling water down them. This is best when done when the ants are active and at the surface. Do not do it near flowers or they will die.
2007-04-28 04:29:19 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Buy some 20 mule team borax laundry soap and put in in one of the cheap ketchup squirt bottles that you can buy at any dollar store, snip the tip of the lid off to make the hole a little larger, put the dry laundry soap in the bottle and apply along back of countertops, also where plumbing comes in under the sink, and along the base boards of cabinets as well as along baseboards in any other rooms of the house that you see the ants in, leave it lay until you no longer see any signs of the ants then vacuum up the excess soap and use the rest of the box to do laundry with.....the ants will carry the laundry soap back to their nest and it will kill them.....my grandmother used this remedy for years and I also use it. Good luck.
2007-04-28 11:49:40 · answer #2 · answered by judy_derr38565 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just buy some ant poison, and make sure the surfaces around which they appear are clean. Seriously, it's like five dollars and takes two minutes of your time.
2007-04-28 10:54:48 · answer #3 · answered by xeriar 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
get some dry ice and a plastic bag
pour the dry ice over the mound and put the plastic bag over it
weigh it down with nails amd leave it there for a while
that should take cqare of the problem
2007-04-28 10:59:44 · answer #4 · answered by Ovie707 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
mix borax and sugar and put near the ant holes half and half of each i sed this snce i have cats and a dog works great
2007-04-28 11:00:45 · answer #5 · answered by Di 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
salt ,put a layer of salt where they are coming in and leave ,this will deter them
2007-04-28 10:53:45 · answer #6 · answered by dumplingmuffin 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋