wired gassy primitive arrives at farmette in Wisconsin; finds ants

[franksolich]

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You know, I'm puzzled as to why this is in the cooking and baking forum, but whatever.

grasswire  (1000+ posts)      Sun Aug-02-09 01:03 PM
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ants in the kitchen?

So the farm apartment came with ants. Stubborn ants. I hopped on the google and found a great remedy.

Baby powder. Sprinkle it near them and they run like hell. Sprinkle it near their entrance spot and they don't come back.

Easy and cheap. Of course the place looks like an anthrax factory for a while, but.....

Grandma:

hippywife  (1000+ posts)        Sun Aug-02-09 03:02 PM
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1. Good tip!

I hadn't tried that. We do get them periodically, and I think they're under control for the moment, but I'll try that next time.

Thanx! 

after which Grandma uses that smiley to wave at franksolich from afar

[GOBUCKS]

Why not simply poison the little bastards? But after the DUmmy is ensconced, with her slovenly habits, the problem is more likely to be roaches and rodents.

[miskie]

Ant traps and bay leaves. I don't know what it is about bay leaves, but ants hate them. And its much neater than any sort of talcum powder based products.

[LC EFA]

Borax and honey makes a good ant bait.

Drop a bit in some beer caps and place the cap near or on the trail the ants use.

[Chris]

You know, I'm puzzled as to why this is in the cooking and baking forum, but whatever.

Maybe that's why the DUmmy has ants in his home.

I've never had a bug problem other than the first winter I moved to this apartment, and the summer crickets starting crawling under my front door to get inside from the cold.  I would get home from work and there would be two or three of the little bastards hopping around.  I had the apartment manager put a new piece of weatherstripping on the door.