Best way to get rid of ants?

[Pretty Butterfly]

I try to not use poisons and chemicals and such, so we sprinkle and sweep ant sand around the edge of the house... works a treat, and stays for ages.....

[Salsa]

Yea, we dont like to use artifical chems etc either - the surface spray that works well is an enviro friendly one.
What is 'ant sand'? Where do I get it from and what sort of price am I looking at?

[Pretty Butterfly]

Not sure on price, Ad gets it.....

It is in a tube, like Pringles, the chips!!!! It looks just like sand, but has something in it the ants dont like, and they wont go through it.....He gets it where you get other ant "killers".....

ETA.... He gets ours at Big W, but heaps of places would have it... about $12 Ad just said...

[Salsa]

great - i will look for some at kmart or mitre 10.

btw jodie **labour vibes**

[~Flossie~]

my MIL pours boiling hot water on the nests outside.. i have never tried it as we dont get ants but worth a try!

[Salsa]

yea we did that at our last house, but in this place we are very close to our neighbours and i cannot tell where they are coming from. Dont know if the 'nest' is on our property or the neighbours. Wooden villa with brick fence and pavings - lots of gaps.

[[M]umma[M]ia]

Ant sand is FANTASTIC! well worth the money and lasts ages.

[Visitor8]

I use ant rid. $5 a bottle in the pest section of the supermarket, a couple of drops where the ants are and they take it back to their nest and within a day they are gone Used to have the WORST ant problem here but since putting this down as soon as I spot one no more ants