For most of us, ants are the biggest perpetrator. As soon as the weather warms up, these generally small bugs start to creep out of hiding. If you've ever had to kill an ant or two in your home, then you know that where you find one, you will ultimately find many more.
Backyard farming expert, Maat van Uitert, suggests using cinnamon essential oil as an easy, safe, and non-toxic solution for getting rid of ants. She suggests mixing four or five drops of the oil with eight ounces of water in a spray bottle, and spraying in the area of your home where the ants are taking over.
"Cinnamon essential oil works because it disrupts the neurological system of ants," van Uitert told me, "And they can't communicate with other ants using pheromones, their main method to signal there's food to gather." She continued on to explain that once this disruption occurs, the ants will scurry away to find a new place to get a meal.
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