A Relatively Humane Way To Kill Ants

We recently built a Ramada in the yard. I love it. It is absolutely the best thing ever.
I was outside, enjoying my barefoot freedom, when I realized the entire area beneath my naked feet was crawling with red ants.
No good. I don’t want to wear, as a dear friend puts it “foot prisons” just to play with my flowers.

So…
I looked up ways to kill ants without pesticides because I don’t want the chemicals were I plant things.

The internet tells me:


“A relatively humane way of killing ants is to”…

First off, wait a minute. Relatively humane way of killing… ?

I’m feeling good about this one…

Next:

“Take a sharp spike…”

…

Humane… So far?

Then:

“Stir the sharp stick into the ground where the hill is and make a crater.

Get some apple cider vinegar and baking soda….”

Oh man. I’m about to make a relatively humane ant volcano.