On May 6, 5:08*am, "OhioGuy" wrote:
* Ok, I've tried using pulverized limestone, plus a number of other
suggestions, like pepper powder, and cinnamon. *It really did little more
than make a mess of my kitchen, and the area right outside our house. *The
ants are still all over the kitchen.

* At this point, I would simply like to know what sort of granular pesticide
I can buy to put on the soil near our house to make sure that any ants
nearby in the soil are killed, and stay killed. *It looks like Diazinon has
been withdrawn, and that would have been my first choice in the past.

Haven't tried it on ants, but diatomaceous earth spread
along their paths or around anthills might do the trick.
DE is an accepted organic insecticide. It works not by
poisoning them, but by chewing holes in their exoskeletons,
killing them by dehydration. Won't harm anything larger
than insect size.