06-14-2015, 08:26 AM
To keep ants out of the home try cinnamon essential oil. Drop on a q tip and run along window seals. This disrupts the ant pheromone and they will steer clear. Peppermint is supposed to work not only for ants but rats too. Worse case your house will smell nice. You can use the essential oil full strength on the windows seals just draw a line with a drop on the qtip. Reapply every couple of weeks. I actually put cinnamon powder in my window seals and it lasts a long time (just looks dirty).
For kitchen counters mix 1% of either essential oil with 99% water wear gloves and spray and wipe.
This along with borax I don't have bugs in my house. LFA are not a problem up here in the Volcano area yet.
For those who like science (don't we all) here is a 2014 study with promising results with cinnamon essential oil
http://www.ijsrp.org/research-paper-0714...p31106.pdf
For kitchen counters mix 1% of either essential oil with 99% water wear gloves and spray and wipe.
This along with borax I don't have bugs in my house. LFA are not a problem up here in the Volcano area yet.
For those who like science (don't we all) here is a 2014 study with promising results with cinnamon essential oil
http://www.ijsrp.org/research-paper-0714...p31106.pdf