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Ants navigate by scent, and certain smells short-circuit their navigation. Cinnamon sticks, coffee grounds, and bay leaves are excellent deterrents. Sprinkle ground cinnamon along windowsills; it’s like putting up a velvet rope they can’t cross.

Peppermint oil is the MVP here. Mix 10 drops with water in a spray bottle and mist door frames and baseboards. It smells like a fancy spa to you, but to ants, it’s a toxic fog. Bonus: your house will smell like the lobby of a boutique hotel in Portland.

The cucumber slice conspiracy

Here’s a weird one: ants despise the bitter taste of cucumber peels. Place a few slices near their entry point. It won’t kill them, but they’ll turn around in disgust. I’ve done this at picnics, and it works better than any chemical spray I’ve tried.

Another oddity: chalk. Draw a thick line of common chalk across a doorway. Ants won’t cross it because it messes with their pheromone trail. It’s like a magic barrier from a fantasy novel, but real—and it costs a dollar.

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