So, I was thinking that since it was a bit chilly outside today that I'd do some laundry, read the kids some books, and maybe tackle my closet since, as usual, it has gotten out of hand. (It seems to be the place that everything from storage boxes to scrapbook supplies to hand-me-downs ends up.)Little did I know that my closet had also become one of last week's cookie eating hide outs by my children. I don't regularly look under the storage boxes that have migrated to my closet so I didn't realize - until I picked one up today - that the kids had also inadvertently left behind crumbs from their secret festivities.
And where there are cookie crumbs left behind that mommy doesn't know about...there are ants.
In my closet! Gross! Yuck! Puke!
Now, before I get into the blood bath, let me say this. I'm all for ants outside. They can live free and be merry...outside. The moment anything other than my family starts living, in my house, without paying rent?! Well, it's eviction time, honey.
So what's a crazy about-to-yak green mama to do? I saw one of my all-purpose cleaner spray bottle near by, so I leapt for it and started spraying. And to my instant astonishment, the ants...stopped moving! At closer inspection, they had in fact kicked the bucket.
One spray and the ants didn't have a chance to escape. Hip hip hooray!
The stuff that I sprayed, my trusty EPIC All Purpose Cleaner, is a totally green, eco-friendly, ocean-saving product that does everything from cleaning sticky jelly finger prints off the kitchen table to freshening up the bathroom. No where on the bottle does it say that it's also the most powerful non-toxic, eco-friendly ant killer out there...But it is!
I've since used this every time I see a blasted ant in the house. They tried migrating to the kitchen, but I stopped them in their tracks. I haven't seen one since...phew! ;)
I am so amazed that this stuff works as well as it does - fast, efficient, green - I had to blog about it.
If you hate ants and need a non-toxic, eco-friendly product that works, get some! Trust me, it really works.
Hi Lisa,
ReplyDeleteI've been searching for a non-toxic ant killer and found your site with a Google search. I'm not familiar with Epic All Purpose Cleaner. I use a non-toxic cleaner called Basic H for everything. And like your Epic, Basic H kills ants, too. But, I'm looking for a way to kill them all, not just the ones I see.
I'm a blogger, too, and like to know who's reading my posts. Thought you'd like to know I was here. Thanks for the ant killer suggestion.
~Marilyn