Q: With the recent rains and cold weather my house has been invaded by ants. I heard that you can use boric acid to kill ants in the house, and that it’s nontoxic. How do I use it? A: All pesticides ...

It isn’t exactly ideal when you spot a line of ants traipsing through your place or hanging out on your kitchen counters. After all, you live there and, last you checked, you didn’t roll out the ...

That’s the advice a South Carolina reader passed along recently in an e-mail. He had ant hills on his paving-stone patio, but then his son sprinkled grits, uncooked and straight from the box, around ...

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A: Boric acid is a powder that removes the waxy coating on the exterior of the insect's body when they crawl over it. The waxy coating is used to retain water and without it the insect quickly dies ...

Vinegar is often used to treat ant infestations in the home but it's not as effective as other methods. Vinegar can be used as a deterrent, but boric acid, pesticides, and strong smells can be more ...