Many people will find themselves tackling ants year upon year, only to find them returning despite their very best efforts.
Although you can splash out on ant insecticide should you so wish, there are ways to tackle these tiny house invaders without splashing the cash.
In fact, as previously reported by the Daily Express, many people will already have the two key ingredients in their kitchen cupboard already, and you don't necessarily need to be a chemist to whip them together.
According to this cleaning guru, the secret lies in a supposedly foolproof mixture of icing sugar and bicarbonate of soda, which many others agree works a treat.
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Taking to a popular Facebook group dedicated to the ever-popular queen of clean Mrs Hinch, one member queried: “Hi, has anyone got a pet-friendly way to get rid of ants please?”
She was quickly flooded with replies, with one ant-busting method, in particular, cropping up again and again.
One person wrote: “Mix a paste of icing sugar and bicarbonate of soda, works every time for me.”
Another suggested: “I mix half baking soda and half icing sugar and sprinkle it over nests or wherever ants are and it seems to work.
“We had ant issues a few years ago. It was a nightmare, several nests popping up and always getting in the house between February/March and late summer.
“Filled in holes around the house so they couldn’t get in and started using this homemade mix outside and they have all disappeared this year! Wish I used baking soda and icing sugar years ago then I would never have been on 'squishing duty’.”
A third person advised leaving the mixture around for about a week to ensure your house is completely ant free.
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