Grow mint, tansy, common yarrow and garlic in your yard and alongside your foundation to stop ants from invading your home. Ants are useful predators that feed on termites, caterpillars and fleas. The leaves of mint and roots both can drive ants away, but Tansy is another(Tanacetum vulgare) . Sprinkle tansy over your plants to keep ants at bay. Research found that tansy is reported to specifically repel Ichmeumoid wasps, Japanese beetles, striped cucumber beetles, squash bugs, sugar ants, mice, fleas and moths. Tansy is particularly attractive to honeybees. Never plant tansy where livestock browse or graze. We use dried tansy, pennyroyal and mint with essential oils and set sachets on ant trails to repel them. It's also nice in the closet with a little cedar shavings.
Grow mint, tansy, common yarrow and garlic in your yard and alongside your foundation to stop ants from invading your home. Ants are useful predators that feed on termites, caterpillars and fleas. The leaves of mint and roots both can drive ants away, but Tansy is another(Tanacetum vulgare) . Sprinkle tansy over your plants to keep ants at bay. Research found that tansy is reported to specifically repel Ichmeumoid wasps, Japanese beetles, striped cucumber beetles, squash bugs, sugar ants, mice, fleas and moths. Tansy is particularly attractive to honeybees. Never plant tansy where livestock browse or graze. We use dried tansy, pennyroyal and mint with essential oils and set sachets on ant trails to repel them. It's also nice in the closet with a little cedar shavings.