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What can I mix at home to kill ants organically?

I have birds, I do not want to harm, and we have ants making hills all over our yards, Ants of several types and some are fire ants too. Can I mix up stuff from my cupboards to destroy them without hurting my birds, wildlife and ground worms?
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ginamichellesattic | 2 years ago
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You can mix a solution of half water and half regular household vinegar. Wipe the door jams well with this solution. I also wipe under my cupboards. You will be able to get rid of ants organically and easily. The ants will be gone for good. I have actually have written an article on this, will include the link below!
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http://www.ehow.com/how_5074009_rid-ants-home-ant-removal.html

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shadowex3 | 2 years ago Report

I live in Central Florida, Fire Ants are a SERIOUS problem down here and in many places harsh chemicals aren't an option because of how attached locals often are to the natural wildlife in the area. I can personally verify that straight or slightly diluted vinegar works even on these tough bastards even though the hills can often be a foot wide and half a foot high ABOVE ground.


If you're feeling particularly vindictive and can stand the smell then a pot of boiling white vinegar is an excellent way of removing an anthill from the world of the living and burning and poisoning everything in there straight to hell while being at most an annoying odor to everything we'd care about.

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chriswingate | 2 years ago
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I found a couple eHow pages with some great tips on mixing a solution together to get rid of ants, and insects naturally without getting a can of Raid.

http://www.ehow.com/how_2310235_rid-ants-organically.html
http://www.ehow.com/how_2038556_kill-insects-ants-organically.html

I also came across this mixture on the Gardenweb forums:
4 to 5 tbsp. cornmeal
3 tbsp. bacon grease
3 tbsp. baking powder
3 packages of yeast (I would opt for the rapid rise)
Mix cornmeal & bacon grease into a paste, then add baking powder & yeast. Dab the gooey mix on the insides of jar lids, and set them near the ant hills. When ants eat this mixture, they swell up and go to the big ant hill in the sky.
http://forums2.gardenweb.com/forums/load/tips/msg0518494323783.html
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louis3932 | 1 year, 12 months ago
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Sprinkle some cornmeal on the mounds. The ants will take the free cornmeal into the mound and eat it. They can't digest it and when it swells up inside it kills them.

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ajinsa01 | 2 years ago
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Sprinkle some turmeric powder in place where ant travels can kick out ants.
This is available at all leading super markets and Indian stores.
This is natural culinary item.

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