Bubbles and Spice for Ants

You walk into the kitchen and a parade of ants is having a field day
on your countertop. What do you do? Grab the ant spray and give them a
blast or two. It's all-out war. When it's over, you wind up throwing
away food and cleaning up a toxic, smelly mess. But there are other
weapons that ants absolutely hate and you'll love -- because they're
clean, nontoxic and safe. Try using soapy water in a spray bottle
(ants hate it). Set the dog's or cat's dish in a pie pan of soapy
water. Here's another Carey Brothers family secret. Instead of poison
powders and toxic sprays, use spice-rack chili powder. Inside or out
it's safe, inexpensive, nontoxic and ants avoid it like the plague.
This summer wage a safe nontoxic war on ants with weapons that blast
them and not you. And that's the On The House tip for today.

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