How can I discourage ants without hurting them - URLs appreciated?

I'd like to discourage ants from hanging around the house but I don't want to hurt them. What are some ways of discouraging them that are both non-toxic to me and the ants? Thanks.

Answers:
Another thing that will discourage them is cinnamon. They won't cross a cinnamon barrier. It really works!

Other answers:
No. They are beings who mission in life is to exist, hunt food and procreate, regardless of who or what is in their way. Unchecked they will make your life a living hell.

Sprinkle uncooked grits in their trails. It will kill them w/o being poisonous.

Otherwise, get ready to be overrun with ants.
No. They are beings who mission in life is to exist, hunt food and procreate, regardless of who or what is in their way. Unchecked they will make your life a living hell.

Sprinkle uncooked grits in their trails. It will kill them w/o being poisonous.

Otherwise, get ready to be overrun with ants.
get yourself a flamethrower
tell them how stupid and worthless they are and maybe they will become so depressed that they just give up and kill themselves.
you need to put 7 dust around because it wont kill them and they wont go around it
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