Homemade Ant Deterrent

By Dorty from SA

Archives: Tip: Ant Deterrent Archived on 10/22/2009 Did you know that you can put salt in your window sills to keep out ants. Or anywhere you might have an ant problem. It works By jenny Feedback: RE: Ant Deterrent Thank you, Jenny. We get ants at work in the springtime. Jennifer (12/16/2004) By ILuvDobes Ant Deterrent Baby powder sprinkled on your counter or cupboard shelves deters ants. (12/21/2004) By Linda RE: Ant Deterrent Although somewhat messy, putting old coffee grounds in the cracks, such as window sills, will also deter the ants. (12/21/2004) By Cavelady Keeping Ants Away Here is a really good tip on keeping bugs away, like ants. I use bounce dryer sheets and stick them under stuff and in drawers not only do they make them smell good they keep away bugs. (01/22/2005) By Theresa RE: Ant Deterrent We tried salt with sugar ants and it doesn't seem to work. the ants like to get in the cat food, so we tried an experiment with a ring of salt around cat kibble, but we still saw a bunch of ants in there. (10/23/2007) By knick44 RE: Ant Deterrent Ground cinnamon works great! They won't cross it. (12/01/2007) By april (california) RE: Ant Deterrent We had a big problem with black ants in our pantry. We had to throw out food, mostly cereal, they had invaded. We have a mint poison free insecticide/repellent, which only worked short term. Plus the smell was a little overwhelming. On a tip from a friend we put some Bounce sheets in the pantry. The ants left and we haven't seen any for over a week. (01/13/2008) By Paul Burton RE: Ant Deterrent The reason you are not seeing ants around the dryer sheets is because they are very toxic. Unless you do not mind having the chemicals around your food, I say, brilliant it works. Otherwise, steer clear. (05/14/2008) By Angela RE: Ant Deterrent I did time in state prison 15 years ago. We often had ants get into our lockers into our food stuff. We took ben-gay or icy hot and smeared it around the areas they came in. Other times I took the tobacco, soaked it in small bag with water, then I poke hole in it and used it for insecticide. I never had any problem after that with any bugs. (07/21/2008) By Gayle Report Spam or Abuse