How to rid your garden and grass from ants!

Try applying food grade diatomaceous earth.

pour salt on the route they go . Always works!

Are they red ants or black ? I placed cucumber skin around the mounds and he ants said GOOD bye.

We had ants coming into the kitchen of our condo. I would find them on my kitchen counters. I washed the counters down with bleach and put all my supplies in plastic containers. They stopped coming.

Diatomaceous earth has a second vote from me. It also works on any creepy-crawlies (fleas on pets, cockroaches etc.) Europeans use them all the time to get rid of those kind of pests. It's safe with pets and small children to as it looks just like sand.

I have used hot pepper juice and they stay away.

Have you tried flour? I had a small colony and it worked for me. I would freeze (or microwave),

the flour first to minimize the possibility of another type of infestation.

Peppermint oil works too, but that would get costly for the good quality oil.

I live in Ontario (near Niagara Falls), not too sure how far North you're located. Pet stores, co-ops (livestock supplies stores as it can be used a wormer for horses), health food stores and I've been told in pharmacies.

Good luck!

DE, or diatomite (short for Diatomaceous earth). Diatomite is a soft sedimentary rock that comes from fossilized algae-like plants. Food-grade DE, which is what you’ll want to buy to solve your carpenter ant problem, is completely safe for children or pets. Insects cannot digest the dust properly, however, as it will dry them out and shred their bodies.