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Getting Rid of Flies in Your Yard

Saturday, March 14th, 2009
by oztech

Spring has arrived, and that means a return of flies to your yard. I had a huge amount of flies all around my back yard. Whenever I sat down, they would land on me every 5 seconds. Over the winter, when the snow melts it leaves behind a lot of things that flies are attracted to.

Pet waste
Decomposing leaves and plant-life
Dead animals

These items and pretty much anything that stinks has to be removed from your yard to keep the fly population low. Be sure to place these items in a sealed or tied plastic bag. They should also be placed in a sealed garbage can. Just removing a few of these items from your yard can make a tremendous difference.

Note: Do not use any of the fly trapping products they try to sell you at the store. These products only attract more flies to the area.

3 Comments

Martin Kruse

March 14th, 2009
at 2:54pm

I’ll take your files, and send you my mosquitoes.

Jeff Spring

March 15th, 2009
at 3:56pm

The solution to pet waste is to NOT put it in the trash! This puts waste in the local landfills where it can contaminate the water source. Pet waste is known to be one of the leading causes of ground water contamination. Composting is also a poor solution as many experts claim that composting does not create temperatures high enough to kill the bacteria present in pet waste. PetHabitats.com sells the original, 100% flushable bag. It’s unique, two ply design allows the bags to hold together when they need to yet dissolve quickly in water. We also offer the WasteAway which is a back yard waste receptacle that mounts easily to your home near the plumbing cleanout. You simply scoop the waste, deposit it into the WasteAway, give it a quick shot of water and the waste is flushed into the sewer system. This keeps pet waste out of the trash and our local landfills. View these and other pet waste disposal products at http://www.pethabitats.com.