How to kill fleas and ticks and ants in back yard?
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Growing pennyroyal in your yard will repel fleas. Mix borax together with powdered sugar as a poison bait for ants, or lightly sprinkle diatomaceous earth where you've seen ants. Tick populations can be reduced by keeping grass height shorter, eliminating piles of wood/branches, etc., and using brush killer on heavy stands of weeds. Follow with a liberal spray of clove oil or a large handful of cloves left to sit in 2 quarts of boiling water. Cool, and let sit, covered, for a week, then mix in a garden sprayer with a few drops of lemon dish liquid.