In this book I am checking out it says sprinkling pepper around hedges and flowers keeps dogs, cats, racoons and other pests out. This will also repel ants sprinkle in cracks and crevices.
I've read somewhere about using hot red pepper flakes. Maybe I should try black pepper....
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The kiss of the sun for pardon, The song of the birds for mirth,-- One is nearer God's heart in a garden Than anywhere else on earth. Dorothy Frances Gurney