DeterrANTs

Dead-ANT, Dead-ANT, dead-ANT, dead-ant, dead-ant, dead-ant,dead-AAAANNNNNTT, da, da, da...
Sugar ants are quite persistent! No matter how many I send to an early demise, more come to replace them. They are EVERYWHERE...my kitchen, my floors, my bed (yes, I found a couple of them IN MY BED!!!!), my bathroom, and my shower
(IS NOTHING SACRED??)!!!!!
Every spring they come in by the ever-so-organized droves...which in turn drives me CRAZY!
I got fed up and I started looking for home remedies against ants (well besides spiders...EEK). As I was perusing different websites today I came across a natural, non-toxic, non-fatal remedy! (I really hate to kill the little guys, they are just doing their job) CINNAMON...or even cayenne pepper!!!!!!!! Just so happens I have both in my cupboard. If you sprinkle a line of either around the outside of your home, the ants will not cross the line. It keeps them outside where I am more than happy to have them be! Well, I had forgotten that we did that last year at the front door..guess what insects are extremely smart? They haven't come in the front door at all! So I sprinkled some at the back patio door. I felt kind of sorry for the ones on the other side of the cinnamon barrier---they looked so confused and lost. Nevertheless, they would not cross the line! Yipee!

Saturday, I am going to implement this plan on a larger scale, OUTSIDE!

Praise the Lord for natural remedies!

By the way, cucumbers are supposed to have the same effect. Also if you soak a string in citrus juice, that is purported to work as a deterrent as well. I haven't tried those yet, so I'm not sure they work. But cinnamon works great!