Tips For Homemakers

Frankie’s Food and Homemaking Tips

Keeps flies away

Filed under: Pets, Misc. Tips — Frankie at 7:48 am on Friday, September 1, 2006

My husband recently ate at an outside restaurant and noticed a bag of water on each table. The bag was half full of water and tied up on a stand so it wouldn’t touch the table…so it could vibrate and wiggly. He was told it would keep the flies away. So to test the idea, we took a ziplock Baggie and filled it half full of water, made a small hole in the top and ran a kite string thru it. We attached it to the metal “knocker” on our back door. Our dog food on the back porch attracts flies. Guess what? After two weeks, I have only found one fly that slipped thru the doorway when I had it wide open. Kewl, huh?

9 Comments »

Comment by Liz

July 8, 2007 @ 8:55 pm

Spaying Pine Sol around your doors will also keep the flies away.

Comment by Liz

July 8, 2007 @ 9:03 pm

Planting lavender in a pot and placing it near your door will also help keep the flies away.

Comment by Christine Steendahl

November 12, 2007 @ 3:03 pm

This is a very interesting idea. Thanks for sharing it.

Comment by pam

July 2, 2009 @ 6:11 pm

i tried the plastic bags for my flies whow it really worked ive spent so much money on fly spray and it would work for a few minutes im amazed thanks

Comment by Neytha

May 10, 2010 @ 8:56 pm

Why does this work??

Comment by Frankie

July 13, 2011 @ 8:23 pm

Thanks for reminding me of this. I had heard this a couple of years ago but had forgotten. I will surely try it.

Comment by Frankie

July 15, 2011 @ 8:06 am

I have heard that the reason this works has to do with the water’s reflection and the fly’s sight. Maybe the water magnifies the fly’s image and scares it. Don’t really know and I am just guessing. I just know it works for me.

Comment by Maria

August 7, 2011 @ 8:59 pm

I will try this today. We have four dogs and lots of poop in the back yard.

Comment by kayla

September 11, 2011 @ 5:28 pm

i will go try this right now!!! thanks!!!

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