Re: OT ants
- From: "Kellie J Berger" <kjbeanne@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2008 09:13:34 -0500
my aunt says clean the sills then sprinkle a powder there. doesn't much
matter which kind - talc, borax, chalk, whatever you have on hand other than
powdered sugar (cause then the ants will come back). She said that spiders
and roaches get the powder stuck on themselves and suffocate?
Mum says for the grease/sugar ants use sweet and low and they will go away.
they both have seemed to work so far.
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"Polly Esther" <bhmartin@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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It is the rainy season here in the Swamp. The rainy season is generally
from March through February. Now and then, the weather conditions begin
to affect the delicate sensibilities of wee tiny ants and they begin to
parade indoors through our kitchen window sill.
My book on cheap solutions suggested placing bay leaves in their path.
Wonder of wonders, it works. All of the ants have packed up and gone
away. Apparently bay leaves are offensive to ants. They're not even very
good bay leaves, could be a year or two old and it only took 3 leaves to
disgust the ants.
The bad news is the bay leaves did not offend the spider who is bent on
claiming the window sill for himself. Anyone know of a safe solution?
( I know. I could whack him with a soft shoe but I never see him in
person.) Polly
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