Getting rid of flies

Belt-tightener_2

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 week

mardatha

ONIONS ! Lay bits of cut onion on windowsills, it works here.

MrsTinks

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...

MrsTinks

Rue - this is the one we used to cut and hang up if it's any help: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rue

juliettet

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!

mardatha

aye, all my doors and windows are rattling like mad up here. God, you canny beat the scottish summer eh ...:(

mary43

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

pigpen

eucalyptus oil sprayed around the doors keeps a few at bay.. failing that.. raid works..

candygirl

They hate lavender, and cirtonella candles, and my staffys who catch them all anyway :rotfl: :rotfl:

Penelope_Penguin

ubamother wrote: »

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 ).

I'll add this to the existing "flies" thread to keep all ideas together.

Penny. x