I love this unusually mild winter weather, and I know winter is not over and we might still get hit with a huge storm.

One downfall I have uncovered of this mild winter season is the bugs who normally keep out of sight and out of mind until spring. I am now in full combat mode against the little aunts who think they can invade my house. Having dogs in the house I need to be very careful what I use to combat the little pests and where I stick any bait that I choose to use.

Looking though some of the home remedies that I ran across but have not tried many of them due to short timing. I find the infested area and the source or trail where they are coming from, and use household table salt. Sprinkle around window sills, baseboards, door thresholds, anywhere where needed.

Another one would be to mix borax and sugar water to make a trap or sprinkle borax on the ant trail of ants and they take the borax bake to the nest and kill them all.

Yeast Molasses Sugar Mix; Mix together 1 part sugar, 1 part active yeast and 2 parts molasses. Drop the mixture, 1 teaspoon at the time, onto small pieces of paper.

Strategically place the pieces of paper along ant trails or where the ant problem is obvious. This is one of the safest home remedies for ants because it contains no chemicals

When a spray is preferred here is one I have found but not tried is a Garlic Onion Pepper Mix;

Take a quart of water and add 1 clove of garlic, 1 small onion and 1 tablespoon of cayenne pepper. Let that mixture set there for about 1 hour.

Next add 1 tablespoon of liquid dishwashing soap. Put the concoction in a spray bottle and spray it around the house where you have the ant problem areas. This is also one of the safer home remedies for ants.

When you have more Ideas I am gladly to post the ideas for you.