Comments on: Keep insects away with basil and lavender

By: Mike - Saving Money Today

Mike - Saving Money Today — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 13:25:26 +0000

Thanks for the tip! My wife is constantly complaining about ants on the kitchen counter because the kids leave lollipop sticks and empty juice boxes laying around. I’m definitely going to try the basil trick.
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By: Garden pests? Cucumber them. | Miss Thrifty

Garden pests? Cucumber them. | Miss Thrifty — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 21:46:06 +0000

[...] Apparently cucumber peel is also supposed to repel ants, but I’m not sure how that is supposed to work. I get all moody when ants try and come in the house, but I’m not about to create an unbroken force field around the edges of the kitchen floor. I’ll stick to sweet-smelling basil plants. [...]

By: Lucy

Lucy — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 20:32:45 +0000

Copper pennies on the floor is supposed to get rid of ants too apparently!?

By: David

David — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 23:58:21 +0000

Thank you you just help me out on my science project so much

By: Ants: exit stage right | Miss Thrifty

Ants: exit stage right | Miss Thrifty — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:50:49 +0000

[...] have ants in the garden, but we haven’t had any indoors for ages. (That basil tip I posted last week works really well in the kitchen.) The flying ants are the sexual ants (yeuch); [...]