We've all been there. You walk in the kitchen and a parade of ants is having a field day on our countertop. If you grab the ant spray and give the ants a blast, when it's over and done, you wind up throwing food away and having to clean up the toxic, smelly mess. Now there's a weapon in the war against ants that they're going to hate and you're going to love. Try using soapy water in a spray bottle. Ants hate it. Set the pooch's dish in a pie pan of soapy water. Instead of poison powders and toxic sprays, use spice-rack chili powder. Inside or out, it's safe, inexpensive, non-toxic and ants avoid it like the plague. Then seal cracks and openings with caulk to cut off entry points. Wage a safe war on insects by keeping food in tight containers. Use non-toxic weapons that blast them -- not you. And that's the On The House tip for today.