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[Clansgian AT wmconnect.com]

> >Anyone have a solution or suggestion that is safe to use around the kitchen
> counters/ food prep areas?
> 

If you can find a stand of peppermint, preferably black peppermint, lighly 
bruise the whole frond and lay them about where ants are a problem.  They 
cannot 
abide the smell.

Horse mint and spearmint work too, but not as well.   </HTML>