Get rid of flies from your home this summer with 2 ingredients 'they detest'
Opening your windows for a breath of fresh air in the summer can unfortunately also let in some unwelcome visitors. To combat the invasion of flies into your home, gardening guru and writer Nancy Birtwhistle has revealed her top tip to keep the bothersome bugs at bay.
Appearing on ITV's This Morning, she divulged the two simple ingredients you need to place on your windowsill or around your house to ensure you're "leave you fly free this summer". The green-fingered expert shared: "My husband just didn't believe this until he saw a fly come in, turn around and fly out. This is so good, I can't tell you."
She explained that insects are drawn to odours, so leaving food out will attract them. If there's anything unpleasant, like pet smells or rotting food, flies will be all over it.
Nancy then detailed how flies detest the scent of citrus and cloves, saying: "So you can make these and I stand mine in little egg cups and I promise you, the flies will stay away."
In the demonstration, she cuts a lemon in half and sticks about 10 to 15 cloves into each piece, noting: "Just half a lemon. You can use a spent lemon if you don't want to use a new one."
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A follower commented on her post, saying: "I've just tried this, admittedly, I've used about 25 cloves in each half of the lemon - but it appears to be working."
One user chimed in: "Flies get in through the tiniest gap but are unable to fly out a wide open window or door. Doesn't matter how many lemons I have, the fly is unable to leave the house via an open gap."
Another remarked: "Well, I live in French countryside I use the sticky fly papers and since I made two of these. The fly numbers on the papers are about one tenth and corner window of garden room is completely fly free."
A different user expressed their bewilderment: "I'm always amazed that a fly can make its way in through an open window/door, but it can never make its way out the same way without help!".
They added with a touch of humour: "They must have a really sore head with the amount of times it flies into a pane of glass or wooden door!".
Offering up another tip, someone else shared: "A variation on this to put a slice of lemon in a small dish or ramekin and stick cloves in the lemon. Then pour lemon juice on it. Saw it in Portugal last month and it works in the UK as well."
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