Natural products to get rid of ants

CantWait wrote: Any, I have them everywhere coming from outside including on my kitchen counters.

bluebear replied: I need this too. I started getting them again yesterday.

A&A'smommy replied: diatomaceous earth

not 100% on where you can buy this because I have had a HARD time finding it!!

PrairieMom replied:
I think you can buy it at places that sell pools. Like real pools. isn't that what they put in pool filters?

I think Borax works too, I keep meaning to look it up for you, but i got distracted watching glee.

moped replied:
I buy it at the local greenhouse!

coasterqueen replied:
Some local health food stores have it too AND I actually saw it at Lowes the other day. Not sure if the Lowe's kind is as good, though.

CantWait replied: LOL guys, anything more natural, like something I can find in a Russian grocery store

PrairieMom replied: maybe try some of these?
http://www.eartheasy.com/live_natpest_control.htm

coasterqueen replied:
Forgot about you being in Russia.

PrairieMom replied: I THOUGHT you could use borax. LOL.
http://www.ehow.com/how_4471409_fight-ants-borax.html

Its a laundry booster, I get it at our grocery store.

CantWait replied:

Nope, none of that here....ugh!!!! I'm toast. Off to the store tomorrow.

~Roo'sMama~ replied:
planting marigolds around your yard as a way to keep mosquitoes away is an interesting idea... I wonder if it would actually work? I might have to convince my mother to let me plant marigolds everywhere this year. I actually just heard that planting marigolds around your garden can keep the bugs and bunnies out of there too.

PrairieMom replied:
Last year in our community garden the bunnies ate the marigolds.

CantWait replied:
I hear skunks really like these as well

~Roo'sMama~ replied:
Lol! Maybe it doesn't work on your hardy South Dakota Bunnies. But then it probably wouldn't work on our Minnesota Bunnies either... the lady I heard about it from lives somewhere in the east I think.

~Roo'sMama~ replied:
Wait... you mean the skunks LIKE marigolds, as in if I plant them, skunks will come to my yard? I'm definitely re-thinking the marigold idea.

msoulz replied: Try vinegar. I recall that is supposed to repel them and they probably have that in Russia!

coasterqueen replied: BTW, we use marigolds around tomato plants around here - they keep tomato worms away.

luvbug00 replied: I've heard vinegar as well.

Hillbilly Housewife replied: lol, chalk and crushed egg shells

CantWait replied:
Yes, and it's a lot stronger

Misqrd replied: Tea Tree Oil works great! Good luck!

Michelle