How to get rid of Ants in the borders?

[Birdiegirl]

There are tonnes of the little blighters everywhere! We moved into our (rented) house in December and in the last couple of weeks I've noticed a few Ants in the house. So I got a bait trap for outside the back door - not sure if this is actually working yet!

I was out weeding the flower beds yesterday and the place is alive with them. Is there anything I can put down in the borders to get rid of them?

I don't mind them outside if they're not damaging the flowers but really don't want them coming in the house.

Any advice greatly appreciated. Thanks.

The best thing to stop them coming in the house is prevention so make sure you mops up spills, sweep/hoover up food crumbs, etc. Check whether you are just getting the odd stray one coming in or whether they is an army of them in the house.

You can use ant powder and bait traps to get rid of them track where they are coming in and put the stuff around the entry point - they take the stuff back to the nest and it kills them.

Trying to kill them in the garden is a pointless exercise IMO and they aren't doing any harm. Just watch when you are gardening as some of them will bite if they feel threatened. The bite itself is a bit like a nettle sting, but I ended up with a nasty case of cellulitis after an ant bite while gardening.