http://www.owldaughter.org/blog/?p=1288 Autumn Hiscock records her daily minutiae for posterity, featuring cello, handspinning, family, and writing. Wed, 22 May 2013 11:12:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 http://www.owldaughter.org/blog/?p=1288#comment-377 Ceri Sat, 01 Jul 2006 18:49:20 +0000 http://www.owldaughter.org/blog/?p=1288#comment-377 I'm told pennies (or any form of copper) will also keep the ants away, so putting a few pennies on your tomato planter will keep them out, for example. My grandmother told me this, I think, though she now swears she didn't and that *I* told *her* about it. So I have no idea where I picked up the knowledge or if it's even true. I’m told pennies (or any form of copper) will also keep the ants away, so putting a few pennies on your tomato planter will keep them out, for example. My grandmother told me this, I think, though she now swears she didn’t and that *I* told *her* about it. So I have no idea where I picked up the knowledge or if it’s even true.

]]> http://www.owldaughter.org/blog/?p=1288#comment-375 Owldaughter Sat, 01 Jul 2006 13:03:49 +0000 http://www.owldaughter.org/blog/?p=1288#comment-375 Yes: things like bay leaves and nutmeg, both of which I was also out of. Argh. (Although I picked those up when I went grocery shopping too, for future "don't park here" messages.) But those just tell ants to move somewhere else, and I didn't want the swarm moving to the other end of the garage where all the boxes were. Hence my un-environmental, heartless use of ant traps. Yes: things like bay leaves and nutmeg, both of which I was also out of. Argh. (Although I picked those up when I went grocery shopping too, for future “don’t park here” messages.) But those just tell ants to move somewhere else, and I didn’t want the swarm moving to the other end of the garage where all the boxes were. Hence my un-environmental, heartless use of ant traps.

]]> http://www.owldaughter.org/blog/?p=1288#comment-374 Elim Sat, 01 Jul 2006 12:55:45 +0000 http://www.owldaughter.org/blog/?p=1288#comment-374 Raid ant traps are really effective. There's also a natural fix to this issue but I doubt it would work in a dryer. I'll have to hunt for it somewhere. Raid ant traps are really effective. There’s also a natural fix to this issue but I doubt it would work in a dryer. I’ll have to hunt for it somewhere.

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