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~5PM water the plants, enjoying the cool change
~7PM go for a walk, enjoying the cool change
~9PM get some food, enjoying the c-OH NO THERE'S AN ANT INVASION IN THE KITCHEN
please send your highest quality thoughts and prayers
Equal quantities icing sugar and borax - set out in little aluminium trays where pets/kids can't get to them. Ants will carry the stuff back to the nest and destroy it. Grateful to Sir Lister of Smeg from the other site for this tip - it works well with a bit of repetition.
We have a premade ant poison thing which I think is basically the same (I think the active ingredient listed was borax?). After neutralizing all known threat actors terrorizing the local food supply, these measures were deployed to safeguard the civilian population from future unprovoked attacks o7
My dudes the dishwasher is not edible leave it alone (they were mostly looking at the pantry cupboard, but a surprising number were chilling in the dishwasher)