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- Annie B. Bond
- November 3, 2000
- 2:54 am
- 45 comments
Flies are such a nuisance! If you’re tired of having the pesky little critters buzzing around your house–but you don’t want to resort to using harmful chemicals–check out these easy, great ideas. They use kitchen cupboard ingredients and they really work!
Find out how to get rid of flies safely and naturally.
Here are a few hands-on methods:
Keeping flies away is often a matter of cleanliness. Remove compost to the compost pile, and don’t leave food uncovered.
Invest in window screens and screen doors and encourage your children to close screen doors quickly when they enter or leave the house.
Use flyswatters. Children enjoy this. Make it a contest to see who can swat the most.
Encourage the spiders in your house: they eat flies.
Hang pomanders on doors: citrus peel is a great repellent.
Dust the bottoms of your trash cans with borax.
Place potted basil plants in infested areas.
Homemade Fly Paper
INGREDIENTS
1/4 cup corn syrup
1/2 cup sugar
1. Cut 4 or 5 long strips about 2 inches wide from brown paper bags. Mix the ingredients in a bowl and spread it on the strips with a knife. Hang the strips over a bowl to catch drips.
Hanging Herbal Repellents
Hang a pine bough in the kitchen: flies dislike pine oil.
Whole or ground cloves in a small muslin teabag make a good fly-repelling hanging sachet.
By Annie B. Bond
Annie B. Bond
Annie is a renowned expert in non-toxic and green living. Named one of the top 20 environmental leaders by Body and Soul Magazine, Annie has authored four books, including "Home Enlightenment" (Rodale Press, 2005) and "Better Basics for the Home" (Three Rivers Press, 1999).
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thanks for the ideas.
I feel sorry to say, but the link to the pretty pink pussy tour does not work on my computer...
Interesting, thanks
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I collect wildflowers or use blooms from my gardens. I have home-made presses (simple to do) of all…
45 comments
+ add your owngreat!
Hygene is the key
Very interesting. Thanks for the post.
Thank you
Encourage the spiders??!!! I'd rather have the flies!
Thanks!
Good ideas.
Thanks
noted! my cat likes to eat them!
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