Ants come into your home for two main reasons: to find food to bring back to the colony, and to seek shelter from cold weather conditions. Ants could enter your home from many different areas, so be sure to check around window cracks, door entryways, lighting fixtures, and other possible entrances. If you see a trail of ants in your home, follow them to see where they are entering from. If you find specific entry points where ants are coming into your home, focus your repellant and deterrent efforts on these areas. That way, you reduce the chances of the ants reentering you home through these avenues. When you have found areas through which ants are entering your home, barricade and seal these entryways. Consider filling in cracks and crevices with a silicone caulk treatment. You could even put some sort of deterrent (Borax, cinnamon, coffee grounds, bay leaves) in the crack, and then continue to seal the opening with caulk. Latex and siliconized acrylic caulks are not effective when trying to seal ant entryways, because ants can break down these caulking treatments. Consider creating a barrier around your house or garden to prevent ants from entering. Scatter coffee grounds around the foundation of your house, along the perimeter of your garden, and along any sites where you have noticed ant trails or a lot of ant activity.  Consider keeping mint or chili pepper plants around your house or planting them in your garden. These plants are known to keep intrusive ants at bay. You could also lay down a ring of food grade diatomaceous earth around the perimeter of your house or garden. Sprinkle this powder near from your home’s foundation or garden, and try to sprinkle a ring around known anthills and nests. Diatomaceous earth breaks down the ants’ exoskeleton and causes them to dehydrate. DE is non-toxic to humans, but try your best not to directly breathe in powder particles.  Commercial insecticides can be used on the outside of your home, but bear in mind that insecticides are usually dangerous to humans, pets, and sometimes the environment. Since ants leave scented trails for other ants to follow, when you do find trails in your house, erase the scent with some soapy water. Simply create a solution of dish soap and water, and use a sponge to wipe away the trail as well as some of the surrounding area. That way, the ants will no longer have a scented trail to follow each other into your home. You could also use vinegar to remove scented trails. Simply spray white vinegar over areas known for a lot of ant activity, and wipe down surfaces where you have seen ants before. Cloves are an extremely effect ant repellant, and can be placed in various areas around your house to help combat pesky ants. Leave whole cloves anywhere you have seen ants crawling around (countertops, baseboards, etc.). Along with cloves, there are a few other herbs and spices that can be left around your home or planted in your garden to repel ants:  Cayenne pepper Bay leaves  Peppermint Cinnamon Garlic Along with spices and herbs, some natural foods and other ingredients are notorious for keeping ants away. Try sprinkling these various ingredients around entryways, other spaces where you have encountered ants, or your garden area. Some common natural repellants include:  Coffee grounds Cornmeal Lemon juice Cream of wheat
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