With mint, you don’t have to plant much, soon enough it’ll fill in all by itself. I love the smell of mint around the house, but had no idea ants didn’t care for it – an added bonus!
In a previous home, the staff had chocolate mint, which had expanded into a pathway we mowed – Mr. M claims that it smelled WONDERFUL when the staff mowed!
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While i knew they didn’t like mint much, i had no clue it destroyed their sense of smell, i will have to try it, and suggest it to a friend who has ant trouble.
Ms. Sandee, if you don’t have time to grow mint or nip, you can draw with chalk – this is a temporary barrier…. the brown crispy skins of onions can be crumbled up and scattered as another type of temporary barrier, too.
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Our Kosmo is special, he does´t like nip, and the most mysterious thing is that he doesn´t know what to do with boxes, not at all. All our cats we had have loved boxes, we have had a big boxcastle, boxes allover, but not with Kosmo. He has never shown any interest to boxes… sometimes I am thinking is he a cat at all.
Not liking boxes is something I’ve never, ever heard of. However, I am not a nip addict, either – I grow it because it keeps nasty biting insects away. Mr. M, Rom and Katsu don’t have the ‘nip gene’ either.
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With mint, you don’t have to plant much, soon enough it’ll fill in all by itself. I love the smell of mint around the house, but had no idea ants didn’t care for it – an added bonus!
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In a previous home, the staff had chocolate mint, which had expanded into a pathway we mowed – Mr. M claims that it smelled WONDERFUL when the staff mowed!
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While i knew they didn’t like mint much, i had no clue it destroyed their sense of smell, i will have to try it, and suggest it to a friend who has ant trouble.
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Ms. Mimi, catnip is a very special type of mint.
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What a great idea. This time of year tends to bring in the ants.
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Ms. Sandee, if you don’t have time to grow mint or nip, you can draw with chalk – this is a temporary barrier…. the brown crispy skins of onions can be crumbled up and scattered as another type of temporary barrier, too.
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we are growing it near the door, no ants, but all the cats living in neigbourhood getting high…
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LOL, Ms. Kristina, that is the untold benefit… I hope my dear brofur, Kosmo, also enjoys a nibble or two.
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Our Kosmo is special, he does´t like nip, and the most mysterious thing is that he doesn´t know what to do with boxes, not at all. All our cats we had have loved boxes, we have had a big boxcastle, boxes allover, but not with Kosmo. He has never shown any interest to boxes… sometimes I am thinking is he a cat at all.
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Not liking boxes is something I’ve never, ever heard of. However, I am not a nip addict, either – I grow it because it keeps nasty biting insects away. Mr. M, Rom and Katsu don’t have the ‘nip gene’ either.
Purrseiodn
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