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No homeowner wants to find a lot of ants creeping into their home and causing a lot of problems. They want to have their home free of all the ants and others animals that are going to try and take over, making life more difficult than before. The good news is that there are a number of steps that you can take to have proper ant control in your home and keep the ants as far away as possible.
Keep the home clean
The first step to use is to keep the home clean. Ants get into the home because they are looking for food and water. If you can deprive them of this food and water, they are not going to want to come into the home at all. Your first goal needs to be to eliminate all of the water and food sources that are found around the home. Keep things clean and never leave food or standing water out for the ants to find.
Tidy tress and bushes
You can also take a look around the home. If there are big bushes or trees that are in the way and close to the home. These provide easy access for ants. They can just go through the plants and trees and come right into the home. You want to make it as difficult as possible for the ants to get into the home, so trim some of these back to make it harder.
Cleaning the home is a good option to keep the ants away. Keep the kitchen clean and make sure that the trash is taken out at least once a day. Avoid leaving a bunch of dirty dishes in the sink and try to sweep up and vacuum some of the areas where you have a lot of food being prepared, such as in the kitchen. The kitchen is the most important part here, but keeping the whole home clean is important here too.
Ant solutions
There are also a number of solutions that you can use that will keep the ants as far as possible. For example, using one part white vinegar mixed with one part of water and applying it to the area where you have seen some ants before will disrupt the pheromone trails of the ants so they aren’t able to come back to that area. Sealing up any ant entry points make it harder too.
Some homeowners find that soapy water is a good way to kill ants on contact. Just add a teaspoon of dish soap with a bottle full of water and start to spray when you see a trail of ants. Chalk barriers around the entry points of your home will also make sure that the ants will stay away. Trying out a few of these methods are all-natural and can keep your home safe from all the ants.
Ant control
Proper ant control is important for any homeowner to make sure that they do not have all these pesky pests taking over their home. With some of the simple steps above, you will be able to deter the ants from your home and keep it safe and sound.
