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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Xythlord" data-source="post: 2384845" data-attributes="member: 14212">Go outside and bury a fish in the backyard (about 4 inches deep or so), not too close to the house.  The ants will go crazy after the smell (which should be all but undetectable to you) and should leave the house, helps if you also deter them from entering (I've heard of the cinimmon thing, also works with talcum powder or chili powder).Here is some stuff I found online.#  Vinegar to get rid of tiny ants.# "One clove of garlic, one onion, one tablespoon of cayenne pepper and a quart of water. Steep for one hour, add a tablespoon of liquid soap and spray it around the house" for ant and roach control.# Mixing baking soda with powdered sugar and applying to infested areas.# Wash kitchen surfaces with vinegar solution and sprinkling bone meal, chili powder and powdered charcoal in and around suspected points of entry.# Pour a line of any of the following where the ants are entering the building: cinnamon, cream of tartar, red chili pepper, salt, dried mint or sage, or cucumber peelings.# Apply perfume to the entry point.# Mix a tablespoon of sugar and a tablespoon of borax with 2 tablespoons of water. Soak cotton balls in mixture and place on low lids.# Band sticky, adhesive materials around base of plants and trees to deter ants, which can carry and colonize aphids.# Border gardens with bone meal.# Mix 2 tablespoons boric acid, 2 tablespoons sugar and a cup of water. Soak paper towels, place on dishes, and set out for ants.# Mix 4 ounces of mint jelly with 2 tablespoons of powdered boric acid. Cut small squares of making tape and dab mixture on tape. Stick on floors behind cabinets and appliances.# Pour boiling water over the nest# Pour a line of cream of tartar or chili powder where ants enter house and they will not cross it.# For fire ants, sprinkle a teaspoon of instant grits on each mound.# Mixture of 10 1/2 ounces of water, 3 ounces of Tabasco sauce, 2 1/2 ounces of Dr. Bronner's peppermint soap liquid (available at health food stores). Spray where ants enter the home.# Combine: 1 part active yeast 2 parts molasses 1 part sugar Mix the ingredients well. Drop a teaspoonful on several small squares of white paper. Place the paper squares along ant trails where they will not be disturbed. How does it work? The ants are attracted to the sugary feast and will consume it readily. The action of the yeast, however, will produce gas their bellies which they cannot rid themselves of.  They essentially will pop.   The best part of this method of pest control is that it utilizes no chemicals which could harm you or your family.# 3 parts Apple Jelly 1 part boric acid crystals Mix ingredients thoroughly. Cut standard soda straws into 2 - 3 inch pieces. Fill a 5 - 10 ml disposable syringe (without needle) with mixture. Use this to fill soda straw pieces. Place in areas that ants have been observed. Keep out of reach of children and animals.</blockquote>

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