The summer months are full of sunshine, heat, and, unfortunately, pests. Ants in particular are marching across our picnic tables and into our homes more frequently during the warmer season.

Most of the time, ants mind their own business in your backyard ... especially when you go to pull out your Pioneer Woman picnic basket or if you have kids and dogs running around.

To repel ants from picnic areas or al fresco dining spaces, mix peppermint oil with water and spray it around entry points or ...

A command of the stage. I hope we get to keep hearing her. And how many ants bring along their own picnic blanket on their costume?" a person commented. "She was absolutely AMAZING..!!!?