How to Keep Flies Out of the House

No One Likes Them Buzzing Around the House

Jeanne Marie Kerns
Summer heat brings many insects, one of them being the fly.I absolutely despise flies being anywhere in my house. As soon as I begin to see them, I start making sure they are gone just as fast as they returned. Here is a great and inexpensive way to keep flies out of your house.

Cloves

Find a Mexican grocery store or go to the Mexican isle in your grocery store and locate the bags of seasoning. Once there, grab a few bags of cloves. Buying the bags of cloves is a lot cheaper then buying the bottle of cloves by about $3.00 per bag. Big difference when you are looking to save some money.

Modeling Clay

Get some modeling clay from either your child's room, or go out and buy some from your local hobby store. You can even go to one of those $1 stores and pick some up there. Try and get a color that will go with the decor near your front and back doors. If you cannot find a specific color, go with either black or white.

Cloves and Clay Together

Take out the cloves and the clay. Mold the clay into ball probably the size of a golf ball. Place about 20 cloves all around the ball of clay and place onto a small plate. Place the plate with the clove creation next to your front and back door and watch the flies disappear in no time!

Saves money and keeps the flies away! What more would you ask for.

Published by Jeanne Marie Kerns

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  • katie frances8/12/2009

    Cloves and clay! Sounds easy enough...I'm going to try it. Thanks for sharing. :)

  • Patricia Sheasley Sicilia8/10/2009

    OMG, how clever. Don't have this problem, but what about moths?

  • Dan Mage8/10/2009

    I'm going to try it; we have a really bad fly problem this summer. It's been the wettest summer in NY since 1903! All the bugs just love it. I'll try anything it at this point!

  • Ryan Christopher DeVault8/10/2009

    Great information here! Cloves? Who would have thought!

  • Ryan Christopher DeVault8/10/2009

    Great information here! Cloves? Who would have thought!

  • Dee8/10/2009

    another excellent informative article. Thanks for sharing!

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