Ant attack!

Spring is here. And so are ants. One method for keeping ants from entering your RV is to have a nice talk with the queen and convince her to have her food gatherers search somewhere else.

Failing that, try sprinkling a chlorinated, powdered kitchen cleanser, like Comet for instance, in a circle surrounding each of your RV’s wheels. Ants will not cross the barrier to climb up your tires.

Sprinkle a ring around any other place where ants could climb from the ground to your rig. Disperse or sweep up the residue when you vacate your campsite—the next rig may not have wheels spaced exactly like yours.

Critter self defense

Every once in a while the environment turns topsy turvy and some odd and unusual events occur, like monumental hatches of crickets or locusts. Events that could raise havoc with RVers are infestations of ants and mice.

Both have happened to me (13 mice trapped in one night) and I couldn't stop them from entering my vehicle or eradicating them fast enough, until I discovered this preventative self defense.

Wherever any part of your rig touches the ground--tires, leveling jacks, barbecue hooked up to your propane tank--sprinkle the powdered household cleanser, Borax, in a circle around the touch point. Make the circle complete so no critters can't get to the tire or jack without going through the powder, which they won't. Coarse ground black pepper and diatomaceous earth (garden section of home supply stores) work also.