Are ants beneficial or harmful to your garden?

It depends on the species of ant. Some ants are predatory, However other ants, like leaf cutters..well their name says it all. There are also species that farm herds of aphids which suck the juices from plants. read more

The bad news is that ants can protect honeydew-producing, sucking insects that do a great deal of damage. If you manage your ant populations, you will be closer to managing scale, mealybug, aphid, and whitefly populations in the garden. read more

For the most part though, unless you see them doing any actual damage I would just leave them alone. After all they were probably already in your garden for quite some time. Since there can be so many individual ants in a single nest, if they were doing any real damage I’m pretty sure it would be obvious by this point. read more

First of all, ants are generally good for the garden. But also to answer your questions: Cinnamon is commonly listed as a home remedy to repel (not kill) ants, with mixed results. Some do use it in the garden as a barrier, but you would need to replenish every time the soil got wet. read more