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Getting rid of flies
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Not sure I resorted to fly nets from £1.99 Aldi as I love fresh air I also have the door ones as well they had them in the other week0
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ONIONS ! Lay bits of cut onion on windowsills, it works here.0
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Dang I know there is a wild herb that we used to hang in the stables to keep out flies in Norway and they do work... !!!!!!ed if I can remember their name in Norwegian OR English though... grrr Will get my thinking cap on...DFW Nerd #025DFW no more! Officially debt free 2017 - now joining the MFW's!
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Rue - this is the one we used to cut and hang up if it's any help: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RueDFW Nerd #025DFW no more! Officially debt free 2017 - now joining the MFW's!
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In Italy they keep basil on the windowsills. I also heard years ago that wiping surfaces down with water & lemon juice works. In Scotland today we have a good old fashioned deterrent - a gale force wind!0
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aye, all my doors and windows are rattling like mad up here. God, you canny beat the scottish summer eh ...:(0
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I tried having a basil plant on the window sill one year.......didn't make any difference to the wretched things.
So,I bought a fly catcher plant, one of the tall stemmed pitcher ones. That worked after a fashion but not brilliant
Now we resort to a fly swat and those plastic sticky strips............yuk ! Hate them but they do seem to work once the flies come in..........just need something stop them coming in in the first place
Mary
I'm creative -you can't expect me to be neat too !
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eucalyptus oil sprayed around the doors keeps a few at bay.. failing that.. raid works..LB moment 10/06 Debt Free date 6/6/14Hope to be debt free until the day I dieMortgage-free Wannabee (05/08/30)6/6/14 £72,454.65 (5.65% int.)08/12/2023 £33602.00 (4.81% int.)0
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They hate lavender, and cirtonella candles, and my staffys who catch them all anyway :rotfl: :rotfl:"You can't stop the waves, but you can learn to surf"
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I'm sure I read somewhere that some herbs deter them if you put them on the windowsills - does anyone know which ones - or of any other methods? Many thanks
My MIL recommends southernwood (AKA lad's love
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I'll add this to the existing "flies" thread to keep all ideas together.
Penny. x:rudolf: Sheep, pigs, hens and bees on our Teesdale smallholding :rudolf:0
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