Re: Ants in the pantry Help!

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From the files "Home and Garden" ANTS:Here is a list of deterrents:Cayenne in nestBleach in nestCinnamonLemon Dishwashing DetergentBoiling WaterEqual Parts Borax Detergent and Sugar (mix with water or use dry)ANT TRAPS:1/3 C Molasses or Honey6 T Sugar6 T active Dry YeastMix together. Outside put the paste in a container near the colony. Inside putthe mixture on a piece of cardboard in the areas ants come into the house.Pearlmoon <pearlmoon@...> wrote: Hi I have a friend who has ants in her pantry who are having a wonderful feast on her sugar and all

things sweet in there. First I told her to empty it all out and give it a good scrubbing. However, I hear that there is an herb that can keep ants away from food pantries and the like. Does anyone know of such an herb or anything else she can do? Thanks so much to anyone who can help. Lynn Suzi What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not yet been

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Thank you very much. I really appreciate it.

Lynn

Re: Ants in the pantry Help!

From the files "Home and Garden"

ANTS:Here is a list of deterrents:Cayenne in nestBleach in nestCinnamonLemon Dishwashing DetergentBoiling WaterEqual Parts Borax Detergent and Sugar (mix with water or use dry)ANT TRAPS:1/3 C Molasses or Honey6 T Sugar6 T active Dry YeastMix together. Outside put the paste in a container near the colony. Inside putthe mixture on a piece of cardboard in the areas ants come into the house.Pearlmoon <pearlmoon@...> wrote:

Hi

I have a friend who has ants in her pantry who are having a wonderful feast on her sugar and all things sweet in there. First I told her to empty it all out and give it a good scrubbing. However, I hear that there is an herb that can keep ants away from food pantries and the like. Does anyone know of such an herb or anything else she can do? Thanks so much to anyone who can help.

Lynn

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Sugar ants will keep coming through any

kind of deterrent you put up. We had a huge war with them here last year.

What I have done is remove their food supplies. Ziploc bags and sealed

Rubbermaid containers are your friends. Every open package of dry goods has a

container, there are no exceptions and now there are no ants.

Janet

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Sent: Saturday, June 23, 2007 2:01

PM

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Ants in the pantry Help!

Hi

I have a friend who has ants in her pantry who are having a

wonderful feast on her sugar and all things sweet in there. First I told

her to empty it all out and give it a good scrubbing. However, I hear

that there is an herb that can keep ants away from food pantries and the

like. Does anyone know of such an herb or anything else she can do?

Thanks so much to anyone who can help.

Lynn

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I can second this. We had the same problem and an exterminator told

me that the only way to get rid of the ants was to take away their food

supply. I've got everything in the cabinets and the pantry in

containers.

It's the same way with spiders - if you have ants and other critters you

will usually have spiders, too, because that is the nature of the food

chain :-)

At 02:17 PM 6/24/2007, you wrote:

Sugar ants will keep coming

through any kind of deterrent you put up. We had a huge war with

them here last year. What I have done is remove their food

supplies. Ziploc bags and sealed Rubbermaid containers are your

friends. Every open package of dry goods has a container, there are

no exceptions and now there are no ants.

Janet