small brown ants in home, how to get rid of naturally?
Just wondering if anyone has advice for getting rid of tiny brown colour ants, just started seeing them a few days ago in my kitchen, and now a few in my upstairs bathroom. I saw them in my kitchen last year as well, but then they disappeared, and showed up again this year. I have 3 young children, so I prefer not to use anything with chemicals, any suggestions?
Ants don’t care for mint or citrus, cloves or bay leaves, so think orange peel, peppermint tea, lemon juice, ground cloves, etc. If you can plant mint around the foundations of your home, you may deter them from entering. Vinegar has the same acid as citrus, so use it to clean with and ants won’t feel welcome. (It probably erases or overpowers the odor trail other ants have left for them to follow.)
Clean bench tops and cupboards down really well, and then wipe down with a clean damp cloth that has a few drops of essential peppermint oil on it, you may need to apply a few drops of oil a couple of times.
Ants hate the smell of it and it is also environmentally friendly, and safe for humans and children, and no residue powders etc to clean up. And the big bonus is the room smells fresh and minty. I also want to add that you can put the oil on a cotton ball after cleaning and put in the areas you have ants and that should help too…replace once the smell is gone.
I hope this was helpful,Good Luck!!! 
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