Ants

[Guest guest]

Hi there,

 

All creatures great and small have a right to share this lovely planet. But if

ants are encroaching on your living space, this works: take equal parts of sugar

and borax and sprinkle the mixture in crevices around your house and in between

floor boards, or wherever you see them. Don't let your kids handle the powder,

just to be on the safe side. The ants will eat this and then die.

 

Another totally non-toxic, safe for people, pets and wildlife, is to sprinkle

diatomaceous earth onto ant hills. You may have to do this 2 or 3 times. Ask for

it at a farm supply store or maybe a gardening centre.

 

It is COMPLETELY unnecessary to use poisons when dealing with stuff you don't

like, and hating critters doesn't keep them at bay either.

 

Teresa

[Guest guest]

Teresa,

 

Hate, is a strong word for me to use. I may use that word when it comes

to certain politicians, but that is my right.

 

As for insects. I have never hated them. For I realize that, like you

and I, have a right to be on the Earth. There are insects I do not like.

Especially if the impinge on my living space or me. this is the main

reason I have not hired anyone to try and get rid of the spiders ad

scorpions around here. For one thing, they feed on each other and on

other insects as well, including ants. ants have their use outdoors.

Just not in my garden for instance. Okay, not in it, while I am working

in it. I do go out of my way to kill fire ants. While they are in the

area. they haven't bothered me here yet. It is a matter of time and I

already know how to combat them.

 

As to your borax and sugar recipe for getting rid of ants. The borax is

deadly to children and pets. Why someone came up with a very safe way to

use that mixture, with kids and pets around. Take a small plastic

medicine bottle ad cut a hole in the lid that is big enough for your

ants to get in there. Place some of the mixture you mentioned, in that

container. Put the lid on. Place the container on its side and with the

hole as close to the floor as possible. Check periodically, to be

certain there is some mixture is still in there. Place the container

where most pets and children can't get to. Come back in a week or so to

check it out.

 

The idea above is not my idea. I think it came from a poster on MSM, a

year or two ago, but I might be wrong.

 

The DE, if it is food grade, can be placed around all your food storage

and even in it, if you want to. This will kill any creepy crawlers. if

you use this outdoors. Just replace it at times. As rain will wash it

out in time.

 

Dad also used powdered lime around the house when we grew up. It had to

be replaced periodically as the rains would wash it away. don't forget

to put a small line of it over the door walkways ad driveways right at

the house. We were kids and knew not to mess with it. Course, dad told

us what it would do with ants and said the same thing would happen to

us. I think it was something like it will make the ant body blow up in

size and then burst. In our mids, that was a very good graphic not to

mess with it.

 

Bill

 

Teresa wrote:

> Hi there,

>

> All creatures great and small have a right to share this lovely

> planet. But if ants are encroaching on your living space, this works:

> take equal parts of sugar and borax and sprinkle the mixture in

> crevices around your house and in between floor boards, or wherever

> you see them. Don't let your kids handle the powder, just to be on

> the safe side. The ants will eat this and then die.

>

> Another totally non-toxic, safe for people, pets and wildlife, is to

> sprinkle diatomaceous earth onto ant hills. You may have to do this 2

> or 3 times. Ask for it at a farm supply store or maybe a gardening

> centre.

>

> It is COMPLETELY unnecessary to use poisons when dealing with stuff

> you don't like, and hating critters doesn't keep them at bay either.

>

> Teresa