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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
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Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
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 Posted - Jul 11 2005 : 9:48:41 PM
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We are having a bit of an Ant infestation at my new apartment-
But today when I set out the Chocolate Soap to start to cure...I saw the little guys scurrying towards it!
I only had a few down on the ground, but I hope they carried a little bit back to the nest because I can't believe that Lye would be good for them!
Anyway...I thought it was funny how quickly they found the "food". LOL What a shock they must have gotten!
Well I think I am off to read or sleep or something...
Good Night Ladies!
Ciao
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greyghost
True Blue Farmgirl
650 Posts
Lynn
Summerville
Georgia
USA
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Posted - Jul 13 2005 : 12:25:14 PM
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| Boric acid and powdered sugar is your friend. Mix it together, put it in a little lid, and hide it. Gets rid of cockroaches too. |
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Hideaway Farmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
1553 Posts
Jo
Virginia
USA
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Posted - Aug 24 2006 : 05:31:01 AM
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Yikes, I have ants in my kitchen! It's been awfully dry and hot here in Virginia.
I did a search on this site and found these ideas...will need to figure out what chocolate soap is. I will try the boric acid and powedered sugar.
Does anyone else have some good ideas?
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Libbie
Farmgirl Connection Cultivator
3579 Posts
Anne E.
Elsinore
Utah
USA
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Posted - Aug 24 2006 : 10:08:13 AM
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Alee - here's a link to another "anty" thread here that has some ideas you (and others!) might want to try... [http://www.maryjanesfarm.org/snitz/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=5060]
Good luck on keeping these little critters outside where they belong!
XOXO, Libbie
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zilzirk
Farmgirl in Training
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Liz
Fort Mill
South Carolina
USA
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Posted - Aug 31 2006 : 7:07:21 PM
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good gried these ants here too! I am fed up and just mixed a batch of Borax and honey. I'll let ya know if it works...
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Hideaway Farmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
1553 Posts
Jo
Virginia
USA
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Posted - Sep 01 2006 : 05:58:16 AM
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Liz, good luck with your infestation. I think mine is under control, of course it started raining last night so maybe that is going to help as well. I have been treating the floor and counters with Lysol Antibacterial Spray and cleaning up the odd ant or two that has been wandering around. Hopefully these are lone scouts looking for a free buffet and I am trying to dispose of them and clean up any "follow me" trail they've left for the rest of the colony. Atr the area where they were coming in, I poured comet into the crack around the door and left it there, and have been spraying with the antibacterial spray a couple of times daily. I am also taking up my pet bowls of food and washing them after each meal since even the empty bowl was attracting ants. Dog saliva must be tasty.
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Libbie
Farmgirl Connection Cultivator
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Anne E.
Elsinore
Utah
USA
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Posted - Sep 04 2006 : 5:37:44 PM
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I just read in another place where a mixture of 1/2 ammonia and 1/2 water will wash off the ants' pheromone trails and they won't return. I've not tried this before, but the article said it really works! Good luck!
XOXO, Libbie
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