Shoo fly: Rid your house of flies naturally
The best ways to keep flies from infesting your home are to never let them in to begin with. Secure doors and windows and buy some screens if you have to. Make sure that all garbage lids are tight fitting to keep the food supply low.
For the single wayward fly, the fist line of defense is the ol' fly swatter. Splat! Works like a charm. A rolled up newspaper comes in second.
Usually I'm able to shoo the flies out of a window as that seems to be where they are wont to go anyway. There are times though that I feel like I am under attack. When combating several flies they these tips:
- Make your own fly paper by cutting strips from a paper bag and coating them with a two to one ratio of sugar and corn syrup. Suspend the strip over a bowl to collect drips.
- Use various scents to keep them away. Flies dislike pine oil, mint, basil and cloves.














