How to Get Rid of Ants in the House or Garden

If you have a plague of ants in your home or garden and you want to get rid of them fast then here are some easy remedies to blast them away for good.

Having these pests is at best a nuisance but also a heath hazzard to families and children alike so here is our best advice on how to get rid of ants in the house whether you have them in the kitchen, outside in the garden or yard or even the bathroom some using standard pest control measures others naturally without chemicals or other harmful substances.

Why do you get ants in the first place ?

Inside the home ants love a dirty place that’s warm so if you continually get them then think about cleanliness in the home especially in kitchen areas. You need to wipe down counter tops and clean the floor properly on a regular basis. There are many types you can get in your house including sugar ants, black ants, flying ants and fire ants.

If you have pets and leave their wet food out all day you’ll likely see ants come for that and perhaps the water. Why not try using dry food only. Our own pets live purely on dry food and we never have ants coming any where near it although we get some in the garden.

Natural remedies

It’s the main nest you need to destroy especially the queen ant because she is the one producing all the little eggs that then turn into proper ants. If you can find the nest then it needs to be destroyed. You can try the following:

1. Poor down boiling water all over which will kill them instantly. You may need to do this with a lot of water because the nest may go much deeper than you can actually see
2. Pour salt around where the ants are
3. Get some crushed back pepper and put it around them – they hate that
4. Real talc or baby power has worked before
5. Put down cornmeal which they will digest and as it expands inside them will kill them
6. Try putting down cinnamon – this will not kill them but should keep them away for long periods
7. Use a bait with a sticky syrup with a little boric acid (be careful with this) – the worker ants will eat this and hopefully should take it back to the nest for the others to also consume

Be aware with boric acid that it may be harmful to animals and children so always read the label.

Pest control for ants

There are plenty of commercial products on the market and all seem to work using harsh chemicals. Just be mindful of where you are putting these because you don’t want your children or pets to eat these or get them on your surfaces and food you’ll eat as well. Standard ant powder seems to do the trick in gardens where little nests appear but somehow they always seem to come back again so ensure you get the ants to go back into the nest because it’s the queen that needs zapping ultimately so no new ants are born !

If you have any tips on how to get rid of ants naturally or any other ways that have worked for you then do let us know below.

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