Things You'll Need:
- baking soda
- soda pop
- beer
- chalk
- coffee grounds
- duct tape
- glass jar
- jar lids
- other items (what you need depends on what you're trying to get rid of.)
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Step 1
To keep ants out of your house:
If you see ants coming into your home through a crack near a window or pipe, use a stick of chalk (the same stuff you write on a chalkboard with) and rub a thick line all around the opening. Ants will not cross a chalk line. If they crawl in through your doors, you can also rub a thick line right near the door casing. They will turn away from the line and not enter your home. -
Step 2
Move an ant colony in your garden:
If you have an ant colony in your garden, you can lure them away using soda pop. Pour some cola into a shallow jar lid and place it near the mound. Each day, replace the cola, and move the lid a few feet away from its last position. Keep moving the lid away from your garden each day. This will not always work on large colonies, but small ones will eventually relocate to be near the new "food source". -
Step 3
Keep slugs off your plants:
Place a shallow jar lid near the area where you see the slugs, and fill it with beer. Slugs are attracted to the beer, and will drown in it. Empty and refill the lid each day until the slugs are gone. -
Step 4
Kill roaches indoors without poison:
Make a paste of baking soda, powdered sugar and water and form it into very small balls (2-3mm) place the balls around counters, in cabinets, and in other areas where you see roaches. They will eat the balls, which will dry up their bodies and kill them. Roaches are cannibals, so they will also eat the bodies, and those roaches will die as well. -
Step 5
Poison-free roach spray:
Fill a spray bottle with water, baking soda and dish soap. Be careful not to make the mix too thick. Whenever you see a roach, spray it with the bottle. The baking soda dries them up, and the dish soap disorients them. They die in less than a minute. -
Step 6
Stop roaches before they get in your home:
Clean a glass mason or mayo jar. Wrap duct tape in layers around the outside. Fill halfway with wet coffee grounds. Smear the inside top of the jar with Vaseline or vegetable oil. Set several of these jars under your porch, behind shrubs, or under your steps. Roaches will be attracted to the coffee, enter the jar, and die inside. Empty the jars and refill as needed. Move the jars around so the roaches do not learn that they are dangerous. -
Step 7
Kill ground-nesting wasp nests:
Simply place a clear glass bowl over the opening to the nest. The concentrated heat of the sun will cook the wasps inside the nest. Be careful not to get stung!
