Household tip

[serai]

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Do you have ants? Here's how to deal with the little buggers:


Spray bottle. 1 tablespoon of dish soap. Fill with water. Shake it up. Spray the bastards.


BEST. ANTSPRAY. EVER.

Seriously. Kills them dead, leaves no poisonous residue, easy to clean up, smells nice. What more could you ask for?

To keep them out: find out where they're coming in and stuff one of those dryer sheets into the hole. You know, those tear-off things you toss in the dryer to get your clothes...well, smelling like cheap perfume is my opinion, but anyway. Ants HATE the stuff those sheets are soaked with.

Or you get some peppermint oil and a little brush and paint the oil around the spot where they come in. They hate that, too.


Just a few tips to make your day easier. :)

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[serai1.livejournal.com]

I don't know. I do know that a lot of anti-bug recipes from before the advent of petroleum included soap. Tobacco growers used to pour a mixture of hot pepper and soap in onto the ground around the plants to discourage hornworms. So it might. No harm in trying!