Simple and Best Home Remedies to Keep Ants Out
Most households suffer from ant invasion at some time, especially in dry weather. If they really bother you, hunt down their nest and destroy it, but only as a last resort. Try to discourage them from staying in or entering your house instead.
Home Ant Remedies #1 – Homemade Black Pepper Recipe
Sprinkle a combination of bicarbonate of soda and black pepper wherever they gather. They can’t stand it and will soon vanish. Sage sprinkled in cupboards is also an effective deterrent.
Home Ant Remedies #2 – Homemade Lemon Recipe
Rub a cut lemon on and around your sink. Strewing slices of lemon in their paths is said to deter ants if they can’t find any easy way around them.
Home Ant Remedies #3 – Food Scraps
Keep food scraps and crumbs off ant-accessible areas, and leave repellents or baits on ant trails.
Home Ant Remedies #4 – Bone-meal
Bone-meal sprinkled around the outside walls of the house and throughout the garden will drive ants away.
Home Remedies for Ant Bites
If you are bitten by ants and there is bracken nearby, rub the juice of a bracken stem on the bite as quickly as possible. It will prevent the resultant painful swellings.