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• You can hire an exterminator. That will be relatively expensive. You can try products sold in your local home and garden store. You can try a home remedy to solve your ant problem.
  
  

Things Ants Don't Like

• Homeowners have developed a long list of things ants avoid. Baby powder, vinegar, cinnamon, black pepper, bay leaves, mint and cayenne pepper. Place these where ants enter the home or around the food that attracts them.
  
  

Common Home Remedy

• Boric acid is effective in controlling ants. Many home remedies suggest ant bait with boric acid as the principle ingredient. Boric acid is present in many over the counter ant products.
  
  

Simple Boric Acid Ant Remedy

• Combine three cups of water, one cup of granulated sugar and four teaspoons of boric acid. A second recipe calls for two tablespoons of boric acid in one cup of corn syrup. Pour mixture in bottle caps or jar lids and place near ant infestations.