Flies are disgusting!!! I’ve seen the bag of water trick work, as well as just keeping your place clean. As to flies not liking basil, that is unfortunately not true. I have a basil plant on my kitchen window will, and the flies seem to congregate there. The plant does t seem to effect them at all.

I just tried the water bags and they worked. We had around 20 flies hanging around the dogs water and food. They are gone and it was almost instantly. Go figure. I passed this info on to my sister who is having an out door party next weekend. I will post again if it continues to work.

An ash tree’s sap covered patio deck and in 2 days a fly infestation developed. I dumped a jug of vinager all over deck, sprinkled a box of baking soda all over the deck, and then I dumped buckets of boiling hot water mixed with dish soap all over. Then I lit a citranela candle and the flies have been gone since, and it’s been a couple of days so far. Keep lighting the candle often and keep the deck clean from sap to maintain. Hope someone benefits from my experience.

Hi. I believe a fly infestation on a patio deck was caused by a mountain ash tree dripping the sap onto the deck. I dumped one jug of vinager and one box baking soda all over the deck, and rinsed with boiling water mixed with dish soap. Then lit a citranella candle. It’s cheap and it got rid of the fly infestation.
I also read flies don’t like basil plants.

Karen i had a small fly problem in my house mainly from my outside dogs. we took tomato leave and tied them to the door ways and let them dry out. i had pretty good results still a few boogers but got rid of about 75% hope this helps

I started using the bag of water method a few days ago at my home. i live on a farm and the flies are crazy.with manure being spread in the fields, animals every where i turn, its only obvious id have flies. and it works! i have them up at doorways to all my coops and my house. i dont know why it works for some and not others…. but i swear by it. i dont get how it works, my daughter has a theory, ‘fly voodoo’,lol

IT REALLY WORKS, GO FIGURE

I researched the pennies in and water filled zip lock on snoops a few months ago. I filled and hung 5 bags out on our patio with much ridiculing from my mother. I saw only a couple of flies, no big deal. My mother kept up the ridicule until I took them all down about a month ago. Today she gave me a bag of pennies and asked me to hang new bags of water & pennies out on the patio and by the pool, the flies are driving her crazy

I did some research before trying the pennies in the ziplock bag of water. What I read on snoopes was that it would work, much to my mother’s scoffing and ridicule, I hung the baggies. We did have a couple of flies and my mother said I told you so I took all the bags down. It’s been a month and she gave me some pennies and asked me to put the bags of pennies up again. The flies were driving her crazy.

I was told that flies are coming in your house for a reason. It could be animal feces outside. Make sure you clean up your animal’s feces. There could be food on the doors or entry ways, especially if you have kids. They might have had food on their hands and then got in on the door entry ways. You could have a sewage problem. We have five dogs and three cats. They all go out and use the bathroom and this causes a lot of feces in the yard. Also, my mom puts their food bowls on the patio and front. This causes flies to congregate around the front and back door. Don’t put any food around your entry ways. Just my observations. I hate flies, they get on everything and throw up. It’s hard to clean that off lamp shades.