"Stan The Man" wrote in message
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My garden (and home) is being invaded by horse flies (three horses are
stabled in the field next door) and their nasty bites make venturing
out into the garden quite hazardous. Is there anything I, or the horse
owner, can do to reduce their number? TIA.

I sympathise with your plight as a horse owner myself I have hundreds, and I
DO mean hundreds of scars from horse fly and midge bites on my lower leg
parts.

Your local chemist will be able to supply some anti Mosquito cream that is
designed to repel Mozzies, and I have had some success with it for horse
fly.

If you can stand it, eat plenty of garlic. It also helps to repel the little
buggers. Downside is it also repels some of your friends, not a bad thing if
you *want* them to stay away though ;-)

Other than that the season for them isn't *that* long.