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Nobody wants to deal with an influx of ants in their home. However, a growing number of people do not want to use commercial traps and baits because of potential health issues. There’s also the fact that kids and pets can get at commercial traps which is not a good thing.

So Melanie explains how to use natural methods to deal with ants. She covers two possibilities:

Dealing with Ants already in Your Home

• Melanie has 1 primary solution you can try

Keeping Ants at Bay

• Here there are 5 different things you can try to keep ants outside: Powders, herbs, a solution that uses a particular essential oil and one additional strategy.

Click on the How to Get Rid of Ants Naturally link below to read Melanie’s complete article.

How to Get Rid of Ants Naturally

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Spring and summer are coming, and with the warmer weather Fruit Flies are also coming. Fruit flies love soft, decaying fruit. It’s common to bring them in from the garden or home from the grocery store when you have overripe fruit. Once they’re in your home, they’re hard to get rid of.

Apartment Therapy shares their top 10 articles about fruit flies and fruit fly traps. One new thing I learned is the name of an herb that repels fruit flies. I had never heard of this herb before.

The article includes some of the more popular methods of attracting and killing fruit flies in homemade traps. I have had success with the “cone of death”, apple cider vinegar and soap, and the wine bottle trick. I have also used apple cider vinegar in an empty wine bottle with a cone of death on top. Then when you get enough flies you can just toss the bottle.

The article includes more information about fruit flies and traps. Click on the Top 10 Posts on How to Get Rid of Fruits Flies Including Fruit Fly Traps to read the entire article.

Top 10 Posts on How to Get Rid of Fruits Flies Including Fruit Fly Traps