Evict Them With Vinegar

There are quite a few things that ants will turn their noses up at. The tart and sour smell of vinegar is one of them! Which is great news, because that means you can scoot them out of the yard with a super-inexpensive ingredient.

Just fill a spray bottle with equal parts water and white distilled vinegar. Add a few drops of essential oil, such as lemon, which is another scent they can't stand.

Shake the bottle thoroughly before each use, and then spray baseboards, or other access points they like to sneak through. Do this once a day, until the ants are gone.

Borax And Sugar-Laced Cotton Balls

Ants love sugar! If you leave a cookie out on the table and an ant finds it, the next morning you may see an army of critters take off with it, one crumbly piece at a time.

Ants don't love borax. That's because it kills them from the inside out. If you combine the two, you have the perfect ant killer! Here's how you make it:

- Add 1/2 cup of white sugar and 1.5 teaspoons of borax into an empty jar.

- Add 2 cups of boiling water, and stir until the mixture has dissolved.

Soak a bunch of cotton balls in the water, and then place these glorious death traps wherever you have ants. Within 24 hours, they'll be on their way to bug heaven.

Food-Grade Diatomaceous Earth

Diatomaceous earth, which is made from the fossilized remains of marine phytoplankton, is a natural ant killer. It's a powder, but its microscopic razor-sharp edges pack a powerful punch! It will scrape away at the ant's exoskeleton, and dry them to death.

Diatomaceous earth can be found in the gardening section of home improvement stores and it's readily available for purchase online. The food-grade variety is totally safe for human consumption, and it also won't harm birds and pets.

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