tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7173567909624774356.post6130785762623439991..comments2024-03-08T02:11:48.990-07:00Comments on Moms In Need of Mercy: Sugar Ants & Pesky HabitsMoms In Need Of Mercyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00378782100273197226noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7173567909624774356.post-81130786315195322812012-05-09T19:43:38.054-06:002012-05-09T19:43:38.054-06:00We had these in a cupboard in our house in VT. Str...We had these in a cupboard in our house in VT. Strangely a cupboard we didn't even keep food in! <br /><br />Anyway, yes, keeping stuff clean helps, but killing the ants works better. Mix a couple tablespoons of peanut butter & a couple tablespoons of borax, put in a low, flat container (like a yogurt lid), and place where your ants are seen most frequently.<br /><br />Now here is the hard part...do NOT kill the ants when you see them going after your mixture. Kill them everywhere else, but leave the mixture ants alone. Borax is a slow-acting killer. They will carry it back to their colony and you won't have ants anymore. =-)<br /><br />Good luck!Hollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13911091137481642003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7173567909624774356.post-89796055490569848822012-05-09T13:36:17.410-06:002012-05-09T13:36:17.410-06:00Oh Man...can I relate! Not so much with the sugar...Oh Man...can I relate! Not so much with the sugar ants, because we haven't had them in this house so far, but it seems like there are other things that trigger my anger...and it's silly and immature and wrong of me to suddenly explode at my kids or husband because of my own faliures. <br /><br />You'll be alright. Just take a deep breath and keep plugging along. =)<br /><br />PS...one time, we came home from vacation when we lived in Georgia. We had been gone for a week. I walked into my kitchen, which I had left spotless because I hate to come home to a messy house, and the floor and countertops and table top seemed to be moving. It took a minute for it to register that there were (possibly millions) of ants in my kitchen...and they had gotten into the cupboards and into everything that was opened. I was SO frustrated and freaked out about it! Yuck! I hope your ants go away asap!Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15849383025151877497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7173567909624774356.post-61030679493229159632012-05-09T06:06:53.171-06:002012-05-09T06:06:53.171-06:00Oh, I do so understand, since we moved into this h...Oh, I do so understand, since we moved into this house 9 months ago sugar ants have been a constant (ugh) companion. I do keep the counters cleaned, the tile floors are mopped regularly, the kids are grown. Who knows? Right now we have them outside where they belong and hopefully they will stay there!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com