[Pil-pc-oceania] Ant infestation

[Dan Rossi]

On 16/03/2008, at 9:38 PM, permaculture at apollobay.org.au wrote:

> i had an ant infestation the other day (about the same time this  
> topic was
> first posted).
> it was a huge infestation... they weren't there in the morning and  
> when i
> came back from doing market they were thick in a line right across my
> kitchen floor... (and i didn't spill anything... so it's quite  
> perplexing)
> i didn't have any borax (it's not in Apollo Bay's stupermarkets or  
> hardware
> stores), neither did i have peppermint oil

Interesting, I was going to mention peppermint oil as ants can't  
tolerate that for some reason, so I usually put it around door posts  
to prevent them coming inside for the honey in the cupboard. I wonder  
if simply putting up peppermint plants works ?


> or pyrethrem... so i scattered
> fresh tansy

Ive been reading that tansy, wormwood and others work wonders as  
deterrents, still lots to learn in the guild planting department :)
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