Hi Lyn i remember when granma and everybody in the street used to scrub the floors the front door step and sweep the causeway on the road outside there house everyday and they still got ants in the house especially in those old larders with the drop down fronts, the ants used to nick the sugar,the people used to moan about them even then and i still see the old larders in the auctions now and again no ants though-bit of a b----y nuisance for you, hope, you get rid of em ,good luck Lyn
Yes its just nature poor things. I am not usually obsessive with my cleaning but its not nice seeing them crawling along benches etc. Have not seen any today - so far! My order for Nippon has been dispatched. So hope it solves the problem. Thanks.
Hi Lyndylu25, you have some chances to fight organic against the ants susseccful: look HERE. No country have more ants than Thailand! We have no chance to win this fight. We have to live together with them and this is okay for us. Best luck, ThaiGer.
Looking at the tips on the link above, I would've thought that cider vinegar would make the problems worse - the ants will come after the fruit sugars in it
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
We had flying ants in our bathroom every summer and eventually dicovered that they had a big nest under the floor. We destroyed it, but they built it again the following year. I found piles of dust un the corner of the sitting room (next to the bathroom in our bungalow) and realised that these were carpenter ants. Our home remedies - ant powder and spray - did not work and we had to call in the professionals. At a price (around £100) they got rid of them, but if it had not worked, we would have needed a second visit and a second £100. We also had to repair cracks in the exterior render that made it possible for them to enter along the bathroom pipes.
Years ago, we also had a problem with garden ants coming in from the garden in ranks, like the Roman army. After a few years of this, we got a company to spray around the house, only £10 in those days. It worked like magic. We did not see another ant (in the house, anyway).
Thank you for all the help, hints and tips. They were garden ants that came in last year. My neighbour did put the powder right around our houses and they did move away. Obviously they are in here somewhere and hopefully all these suggestions are going to work. I do not like harming anything but I need to nip this in the bud . My Husband found 8 this morning in the kitchen. Not nice!!! Thank you all so much. I will keep you posted on how It goes.
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My floor could do with a scrub if you get a spare minute Lyndylu
In the sticks near Peterborough
Thanks Lindylu
In the sticks near Peterborough
Hi Lyndylu25, you have some chances to fight organic against the ants susseccful: look HERE. No country have more ants than Thailand! We have no chance to win this fight
. We have to live together with them and this is okay for us. Best luck, ThaiGer.
Looking at the tips on the link above, I would've thought that cider vinegar would make the problems worse - the ants will come after the fruit sugars in it
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
We had flying ants in our bathroom every summer and eventually dicovered that they had a big nest under the floor. We destroyed it, but they built it again the following year. I found piles of dust un the corner of the sitting room (next to the bathroom in our bungalow) and realised that these were carpenter ants. Our home remedies - ant powder and spray - did not work and we had to call in the professionals. At a price (around £100) they got rid of them, but if it had not worked, we would have needed a second visit and a second £100. We also had to repair cracks in the exterior render that made it possible for them to enter along the bathroom pipes.
Years ago, we also had a problem with garden ants coming in from the garden in ranks, like the Roman army. After a few years of this, we got a company to spray around the house, only £10 in those days. It worked like magic. We did not see another ant (in the house, anyway).
you'r welcome
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