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How to Get Rid of Ants Naturally. Keep ants from intruding on your picnic or invading
your home by using a few common household products that will naturally stop ants in
their tracks. You will need Salt Chalk Spray bottle Lemon juice Cayenne pepper White vinegar
Oranges and petroleum jelly. Step 1. Sprinkle salt where ants are entering your home from
outside to discourage them from intruding. Step 2. Draw a chalk line around the yard
and areas where ants are entering your home. The calcium carbonate in the chalk helps repel
ants. Sprinkle powdered chalk around garden plants in your yard to keep the ants away.
Step 3. Keep ants outdoors by squirting lemon juice around windowsills, doorways, cracks,
and holes. Ants dislike the lemon smell. Step 4. Sprinkle cayenne pepper around countertops
and baseboards to keep the ants away. Pour cayenne pepper down ant holes for a quick
eviction. Step 5. Spray a mixture of equal parts water and white vinegar around picnic
areas, your child's play area, around windows, and by the foundation of your home to get
ants marching to a new location. Step 6. Relocate ants by pouring a puree of orange peels and
warm water along your home's foundation or into ant holes. Step 7. Smear petroleum jelly
around your pet's food bowl to discourage ants from crossing the gooey moat. Did you
know Male ants usually die soon after mating with the queen.