Introduce insect repelling plants into your garden. The scent of plants such as sage, peppermint, spearmint and pennyroyal will help steer ants away from your garden without harming them.
Mix 1/2-cup of apple jelly with 1 to 2 teaspoons of boric acid powder. Place the mixture in a mason jar, seal the mouth of the jar with plastic wrap, and then poke holes in the top with a toothpick. Perform this step until several mason jars are prepared, and then place them around the perimeter of your garden. Ants will enter the jars in search of the sweet jelly and perish once they consume the boric acid.
Line the perimeter of your garden or the soil of any potted plants with a sprinkling of diatomaceous earth. Once the ants walk across the sharp, fine crystals within the earth, they will not be able to reach your plants.
Hose each of your plants with a gentle spray of water once in the morning and once in the evening, every two days. The continual saturation of the water will force both ants and aphids to leave the garden.
Sprinkle a border of finely ground cinnamon around the plant that is being eaten by the ants. Ants will not cross over the border because of cinnamon's potent smell and the texture of the powder. Chalk, talcum powder or curry powder may be substituted.
Apply a garden safe pesticide to the perimeter according to the instructions on the container. In addition to preventing the onset of ant infestation, safe pesticides can also keep other dangerous insects away from your plants.
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I use neem oil on my veggie plants
Sprinkle dry cinnamon liberally in the area. I use this in and around my home with confidence!
Neem oil is best won't kill much needed poliinators in garden; Ants actually help pollinate https://www.finegardening.com/article/ants-arent-your-enemy
Cinnamon and peppermint oils are great for putting around plants and deterring bugs like ants. Here is some science and ways to use cinnamon as an insecticide: https://chemistrycachet.com/things-to-use-cinnamon-for/