tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051258436941012775.post6111779843819517185..comments2023-12-30T00:30:21.906-08:00Comments on The Hippie Housewife: InvasionHippie Housewifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14718357472343295031noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051258436941012775.post-38135871578516114822012-10-26T10:49:25.437-07:002012-10-26T10:49:25.437-07:00You may use the mixture of boric acid and sugar, i...You may use the mixture of boric acid and sugar, instead of using only boric acid. Only boric acid will kill the worker just immediately touching it. If you use 1:10 of boric acid and sugar then the worker ant will carry it to their hive without dying just after touching. Then all ants will eat and die all together. It will help you <a href="www.pestmall.com/carpenter-ant-control-products/" rel="nofollow">getting rid of carpenter ant</a>.Arifhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01320030252445700471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051258436941012775.post-4391928990826893692011-05-26T20:21:57.717-07:002011-05-26T20:21:57.717-07:00I feel like I have things crawling on me now. Eeew...I feel like I have things crawling on me now. Eeewww.Melissanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051258436941012775.post-23057930580984894962011-05-26T07:45:15.843-07:002011-05-26T07:45:15.843-07:00Ewww! Goog luck with getting rid of these yucky cr...Ewww! Goog luck with getting rid of these yucky critters!!Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03681286726202894813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051258436941012775.post-60344107848004033512011-05-25T22:31:24.395-07:002011-05-25T22:31:24.395-07:00I heard on CBC radio that silverfish are pretty mu...I heard on CBC radio that silverfish are pretty much in every house in the lower mainland. They LOVE the damp. Also they don't bite people or infest food, so I've decided to just ignore ours after a lengthy battle involving DE and vacuuming.<br /><br />Cupboard moths, on the other hand, make me run screaming. Larvae! In my food! yuk yuk yuk.Michelle @ The Parent Vortexhttp://www.theparentvortex.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051258436941012775.post-56710933407502299072011-05-25T20:12:27.561-07:002011-05-25T20:12:27.561-07:00Yuck. I sympathize with you. We have some really g...Yuck. I sympathize with you. We have some really gross creepy crawly's in our house too.Kayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13169767757479816137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051258436941012775.post-85724812631516888102011-05-24T21:45:38.965-07:002011-05-24T21:45:38.965-07:00It was hard to find. I managed to find mine at a ...It was hard to find. I managed to find mine at a raw food pet store (of all the places!). I Googled where to buy it in my city. If you're in the US, you can buy it off Amazon. Health food stores are rumoured to sell it as well, but I didn't find it at any of the HFS I checked out.Hippie Housewifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14718357472343295031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051258436941012775.post-67374271054996487672011-05-24T21:41:13.240-07:002011-05-24T21:41:13.240-07:00Where can you buy DE?
I have been looking for some...Where can you buy DE?<br />I have been looking for something safe to get rid of silverfish...yukAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051258436941012775.post-44684986381043704752011-05-24T14:50:19.275-07:002011-05-24T14:50:19.275-07:00Thanks for the tip, Angie! I thought vinegar migh...Thanks for the tip, Angie! I thought vinegar might do something so I sprayed a vinegar/tea tree oil combo along the baseboard where they were coming in, and the little buggers just marched straight through it. They walked right over my chalk line, too; so much for the suggestions that ants won't cross a chalk line. I swear they laughed at me as they walked across it.<br /><br />Oh goodness, Nicole. Love the nickname you gave those ants; hate the mental image of unstoppable ants.<br /><br />Cute, Monika?? You're welcome to ours! Thanks for the paprika tip; I'll lay some down along with the DE near the baseboard.<br /><br />Hobo spiders? I thought they were just harmless brown house spiders or something! Ack, my nerves. Can't take much more of these intruders!Hippie Housewifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14718357472343295031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051258436941012775.post-15101741815489774712011-05-24T12:27:24.140-07:002011-05-24T12:27:24.140-07:00Spiders sound like hobo spiders...nasty creatures....Spiders sound like hobo spiders...nasty creatures. They're about the only spider I actually kill rather than gently remove to the outdoors!Tim and Stefanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18208148976923141904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051258436941012775.post-65355943372998348292011-05-23T18:59:40.701-07:002011-05-23T18:59:40.701-07:00For some reason I think silver fish are sort of cu...For some reason I think silver fish are sort of cute (maybe it's the name, heh). I think they are a signal of something bad though. We had ants in a basement suite in Coquitlam once and I staved them off with paprika I believe? Spiders make me go insane though. I'm pretty terrified of them. <br /><br />I dislike surprise pets/mini tenants =/Monikahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05947932264557750046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051258436941012775.post-56122604995755723932011-05-23T08:47:39.351-07:002011-05-23T08:47:39.351-07:00oh my!!! I would freak out. I don't like any k...oh my!!! I would freak out. I don't like any kind of insects at all,period lol <br /><br />I hope they all disappear soon!!Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04356646350944128657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051258436941012775.post-20156470053792970482011-05-23T01:09:39.041-07:002011-05-23T01:09:39.041-07:00Yeah, we had a colony of carpenter ants in our wal...Yeah, we had a colony of carpenter ants in our wall...I use the natural stuff like cinnamon or tea tree oil or whatever for the tiny ants, but carpenter ants don't mess around and I live in a big, old, wooden house. I had a baby crawling around too, but since they only used boric acid stuff inside the wall I felt more okay about it. Clearly I am losing some hippie cred here too. ;-)Katehttp://Katieintokate.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051258436941012775.post-35028816729812348662011-05-22T20:54:25.697-07:002011-05-22T20:54:25.697-07:00Ugh. I saw my first summer spider today. I totally...Ugh. I saw my first summer spider today. I totally vacuum them up too.<br /><br />I remember my house in college had these HUGE carpenter ants that would.not.die. Like..you'd smoosh them, and they'd bounce back and keep walking. I called them rubbermaid ants. I had a nervous breakdown in the kitchen one morning when I walked in and they were everywhere.Nicolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12416478929643863722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051258436941012775.post-47594933447602441992011-05-22T20:46:14.280-07:002011-05-22T20:46:14.280-07:00Vinegar helps with ants as well. It kills the sce...Vinegar helps with ants as well. It kills the scent of the trail so that the other ants can't follow it into the house. You still have to kill the ants in the house, but it helps keep the numbers down.Angiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01221873203623253786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051258436941012775.post-91592382720476726882011-05-22T19:13:26.621-07:002011-05-22T19:13:26.621-07:00Talked with the ants!! I'm clearly not hippie...Talked with the ants!! I'm clearly not hippie enough; time to find a new title. ;-) Boric acid was my second choice, but I went with food grade diatomaceous earth because I've got a couple babies crawling around here.Hippie Housewifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14718357472343295031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051258436941012775.post-58963895156915996862011-05-22T19:09:57.038-07:002011-05-22T19:09:57.038-07:00I have such a phobia of bugs! I read this hippie p...I have such a phobia of bugs! I read this hippie post a while back where this guy 'had a conversation' with the ants or something...it seemed to work for him but I couldn't take it...I called the pest control people who would use the minimum amount of the least caustic chemicals possible (nothing in the house at all besides boric acid powder in the basement).Katehttp://Katieintokate.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051258436941012775.post-13176882632345288072011-05-22T19:07:53.393-07:002011-05-22T19:07:53.393-07:00I had just read that earlier today and planned to ...I had just read that earlier today and planned to vacuum up some DE. Thanks! I got rid of an ant invasion last summer by ruthlessly vacuuming for two days straight, and they stayed gone for the rest of the summer (thank goodness).<br /><br />Tarantulas are pretty neat. I don't mind spiders in general when they're either behind glass or outside. It's when they're hanging out on my wall or running across the living room that I can't stand them! I used to raise hermit crabs and my husband is still amused that I loved those little guys but can't stand to have a spider in the house.<br /><br />I've become surprisingly used to the silverfish, but I know they eat books and starches so I figure the less of them around, the better! Roaches though...*shudder*.Hippie Housewifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14718357472343295031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051258436941012775.post-39985791116279061662011-05-22T19:03:36.186-07:002011-05-22T19:03:36.186-07:00I'd suggest putting boric acid or something (s...I'd suggest putting boric acid or something (safe) in your vacuum. Otherwise, they're just in there still trying to crawl back out.<br /><br />I friggin' HATE ants, but mostly don't mind spiders unless I feel like my DD is going to find them. (We own 15 tarantulas.)<br /><br />But Silver Fish... for some reason these never bothered me much, at least in comparison to ROACHES. When I was a kid my dad had them. I think NOW, though, if I had an infestation they would still drive me bonkers. I don't know why they seem less heinous than roaches.Momma Jorjehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17736034293320117257noreply@blogger.com