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kitchenredo2_gw

Ants in House - Gone!

18 years ago

I read on this forum about natural ways to get rid of ants. We had those tiny, annoying ants. They really liked it here - under my DD highchair was always a tasty morsel left behind after cleaning. Since I have 2 young children I didn't want to use poison so I tried cinnamon, and it worked!

I just took a piece of cinnamon bark and placed it under the baseboard heater where I saw them enter the dining room. The next day, no more ants. I guess they don't like the smell. So far, they haven't found an alternate route into the house.

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