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["Lisa K.V. Perry" <lisakvperry AT gmail.com>]

On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 2:15 PM, <Clansgian AT wmconnect.com> wrote:

>
> > >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>


We've added peppermint oil a few drops at a time to our dishwashing liquid,
then wipe down counters with it. We've also tried pure lemon juice and that
also seems to work.

lkvp