Good Morning
July 20th, 2007
Good Morning
Originally uploaded by Decobabe.
This was my kitchen window a couple of weeks ago. Yes, the rose has climbed inside. I blamed her for the ants coming in, so I swore to remove her, but didn’t and didn’t. One day she’d put out a side branch and tapped my on the shoulder, a full five feet inside the house, so I got the ladder and rearranged her outside.
The ants still come in. I think they have a tiny elevator I can’t see, because as you can see this is at tree top level. Or do they stand on each others shoulders until they reach the sill?
I’ve used everything it is safe to use. My pal Viaggatore said she had success with laundry detergetn across the sills. My ants just got clean feet. I have traps. Nothing is working and I can’t use poisonous sprays. I just wash and was during every kitchen function and hide things where they can’t reach them. Don’t ants ever go on holiday?
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1. sognatrice | July 20th, 2007 at 3:56 pm
Sounds like they\’re on holiday at Casa Judith :(
You should try to encourage some geckos to come and join them!
I wonder if posting flyers would work?
2. Lynne | July 20th, 2007 at 5:12 pm
Try finding their \
3. Lynne | July 20th, 2007 at 5:15 pm
I don’t know what happened there - but sorry, whatever it was. Repeating - Try finding their trails, and rubbing them down for as long a distance as possible, with bay leaves and whole nutmeg. If you can find the beginnings of a trail, at the bottom of a wall, usually, try sprinkling boric acid power, or diatomaceous earth, at that spot. This will kill them, whereas the herbs will only obliterate the pheromones that the ants are following, with minimal impact on your garden.
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