From: "Lisa K.V. Perry" <lisakvperry AT gmail.com>
To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [Homestead] Ants
Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2008 17:23:24 -0400
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.