Flies are driving everyone mad at the moment and unfortunately there is no Green Goddess, toxin free, natural spray that actually kills flies. We have previously shared the recipe for a natural fly surface spray that deters flies, you can find that recipe here.

However there are a few natural alternatives for fly extermination, two of my favourites are the flysphere and fly paper that you can purchase at the hardware store, or you can make your own with this recipe from Wendyl Nissen’s book Recipes For A Cleaner Life.

DIY Sticky Fly Paper

¼ cup golden syrup or thick maple syrup

½ cup sugar (brown works better than white)

Mix the ingredients in a bowl and then paint or spread on long strips of brown paper that you have punched a hole in and attached string. Golden syrup works better than maple.

Leave to dry on a tray and then hang where flies are a problem such as in windows, doors or outside dangling from trees.

Change when covered in dead flies so that your children don’t groan 🙂

**We have had two people email us saying they had trouble with this recipe as the paste didn’t dry very well**

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