Druid
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So I have been experiencing a terrible problem with ants this year, they seem to be coming out of every crevasse in the house. I cant even lay a dirty dish in the sink without an army of ants attacking the plates within 10 mins. I used many different ant bait traps with no success. I considered pouring Boric acid but I have pets and ... well, that's simply not a viable option.
My neighbor (an old country boy) tells me he has had the same problem but no more! He told me to go & get some dry grits out of the cupboard and pour them with some sugar around the ant hills near the house and on the counter top in the kitchen (for you "Northerner's, grits are dried maize kernels... Southern thing).
Upon hearing this, I thought to myself ok... sounds like another urban legand or myth. I got on line and of course found lots of information claiming its true and lots claiming its false.
I figured what the heck, its only a few boxes of grits so let's give it a test drive.
Ants (not Aunts) are a lot like bees, if the queen dies the rest of the ants will either die or move on....so you pour instant grits on the pile (or mound or whatever you call it)...the workers take the grits to the queen...she eats the grits...the grits (would one of them be a grit?) then expand in her stomach when drinking water popping her like a zit!
It's now the third day & no sign of any ants, except a bunch of blown up ones resembling popcorn... time to use the grits for what I like the most..Grits & Grillades, a traditional New Orleans dish. :biggrin:
My neighbor (an old country boy) tells me he has had the same problem but no more! He told me to go & get some dry grits out of the cupboard and pour them with some sugar around the ant hills near the house and on the counter top in the kitchen (for you "Northerner's, grits are dried maize kernels... Southern thing).
Upon hearing this, I thought to myself ok... sounds like another urban legand or myth. I got on line and of course found lots of information claiming its true and lots claiming its false.
I figured what the heck, its only a few boxes of grits so let's give it a test drive.Ants (not Aunts) are a lot like bees, if the queen dies the rest of the ants will either die or move on....so you pour instant grits on the pile (or mound or whatever you call it)...the workers take the grits to the queen...she eats the grits...the grits (would one of them be a grit?) then expand in her stomach when drinking water popping her like a zit!
It's now the third day & no sign of any ants, except a bunch of blown up ones resembling popcorn... time to use the grits for what I like the most..Grits & Grillades, a traditional New Orleans dish. :biggrin:
