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anyone else having problems..........
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"tpow" wrote in message
... anyone else having problems.......... dj Hampshire Yes, buttons are much safer than zips. pk |
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"tpow" wrote in message anyone else having problems.......... The problem I have, is getting enough flies :- http://s222.photobucket.com/albums/d...t=d18131fd.pbw http://s222.photobucket.com/albums/d...t=d78422a0.pbw Bertie |
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"Bertie Doe" wrote in message ... "tpow" wrote in message anyone else having problems.......... The problem I have, is getting enough flies :- http://s222.photobucket.com/albums/d...t=d18131fd.pbw http://s222.photobucket.com/albums/d...t=d78422a0.pbw To brassic for flies up here as well ! Regards pete www.thecanalshop.com |
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tpow wrote:
anyone else having problems.......... dj Hampshire Yes. Non recycleables in black bag, securely tied........in wheelie bin, lid closed, in shed, door closed. When opened a few days later, full of maggots. The latest is more worrying.........when I come home from work, one kitchen window has 8 - 12 flies on it. I can see no reason why they congregate there. They seem to be becoming imune to sprays, I nearly have to drown them in the stuff! What are your problems dj? -- Pete C London UK |
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"Pete C" wrote in message ... tpow wrote: anyone else having problems.......... dj Hampshire Yes. Non recycleables in black bag, securely tied........in wheelie bin, lid closed, in shed, door closed. When opened a few days later, full of maggots. The latest is more worrying.........when I come home from work, one kitchen window has 8 - 12 flies on it. I can see no reason why they congregate there. They seem to be becoming imune to sprays, I nearly have to drown them in the stuff! What are your problems dj? -- Pete C London UK every time we swat em there's another's immediately taking their place. We bought hanging fly papers and have not caught one fly. I think this is down to manufacturers being unable to use certain toxic substances now in the sticky mix. we attended a local pubs Hog Roast and the place was absolutely swarming with them, over all the food. we live on the edge of farm land and there's a chicken farm not to far away but this is way beyond the norm for those breeding grounds. Yes, we found maggots in the rubbish bin a few weeks ago and that's the first in 20 years living here. |
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On Aug 23, 3:35*pm, AriesVal
wrote: On Sat, 23 Aug 2008 10:27:00 +0100, Sacha wrote: More wasps than flies round here. *And I don't mean just us. *We had lunch in Totnes yesterday at a pub overlooking the river and there were wasps everywhere. *We decided to go inside eventually and two joined us in the dining room! we have wasps here too, must be a nest nearby ! *But what irritates me in more ways than one are the midges that hover around the shrubs and veggies. Whenever I go out to pick beans the attack me and I've even been bitten in places that are covered with clothing - now how does that happen -- What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us. Emersonhttp://valerie.aries.googlepages.com/ariesval That's odd, simply because they tend to leave me alone, I can garden in the middle of a cloud of midges whilst Edward goes indoors as he will be bitten. Maybe I give off an aura that I am not bothered by them, some sort of smell? Who knows? Mind you I give a different aura off to mice, I run away! :-) Judith |
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On Aug 23, 3:50*pm, AriesVal
wrote: On Sat, 23 Aug 2008 07:42:17 -0700 (PDT), Judith in France wrote: On Aug 23, 3:35*pm, AriesVal we have wasps here too, must be a nest nearby ! *But what irritates me in more ways than one are the midges that hover around the shrubs and veggies. Whenever I go out to pick beans the attack me and I've even been bitten in places that are covered with clothing - now how does that happen That's odd, simply because they tend to leave me alone, I can garden in the middle of a cloud of midges whilst Edward goes indoors as he will be bitten. *Maybe I give off an aura that I am not bothered by them, some sort of smell? *Who knows? *Mind you I give a different aura off to mice, I run away! :-) Aha, I like mice but not in the house. -- It's not the years *in your life that count. It's the life in your years! (Abe Lincoln)http://ariesval.co.uk/val/ I don't like them anywhere - shudder! Judith |
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"Pete C" wrote in message ... tpow wrote: anyone else having problems.......... dj Hampshire Yes. Non recycleables in black bag, securely tied........in wheelie bin, lid closed, in shed, door closed. When opened a few days later, full of maggots. The latest is more worrying.........when I come home from work, one kitchen window has 8 - 12 flies on it. I can see no reason why they congregate there. They seem to be becoming imune to sprays, I nearly have to drown them in the stuff! What are your problems dj? -- Pete C London UK I wouldn't call it a problem, just a nuisance. In our house they're on the large bathroom window, not more than two a day. I reckon that there's a mouse corpse under the floor somewhere. I wouldn't use a spray for any of several reasons but I keep a magazine near the window and hit them. Most drop to the sill where they can be swept off, two are still flattened on the glass but it's been a very busy time in the last few weeks. One day they'll be cleared. Sprays make as much mess on glass. Mary |
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says... "Pete C" wrote in message ... tpow wrote: anyone else having problems.......... dj Hampshire Yes. Non recycleables in black bag, securely tied........in wheelie bin, lid closed, in shed, door closed. When opened a few days later, full of maggots. The latest is more worrying.........when I come home from work, one kitchen window has 8 - 12 flies on it. I can see no reason why they congregate there. They seem to be becoming imune to sprays, I nearly have to drown them in the stuff! What are your problems dj? -- Pete C London UK I wouldn't call it a problem, just a nuisance. In our house they're on the large bathroom window, not more than two a day. I reckon that there's a mouse corpse under the floor somewhere. I wouldn't use a spray for any of several reasons but I keep a magazine near the window and hit them. Most drop to the sill where they can be swept off, two are still flattened on the glass but it's been a very busy time in the last few weeks. One day they'll be cleared. Sprays make as much mess on glass. We use http://www.townandcountryhardware.co...t.asp?P_ID=810 - they even look pretty! |
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"Amethyst Deceiver" wrote in message ... In article , says... We use http://www.townandcountryhardware.co...t.asp?P_ID=810 - they even look pretty! I use those in the greenhouse but I've found that the 'footprint' they leave is very hard to get rid of. A squashed fly is easier - and cost nowt! Mary |
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On Aug 22, 10:06*pm, "Pete C" wrote:
tpow wrote: anyone else having problems.......... dj Hampshire Yes. *Non recycleables in black bag, securely tied........in wheelie bin, lid closed, in shed, door closed. When opened a few days later, full of maggots. *The latest is more worrying.........when I come home from work, one kitchen window has 8 - 12 flies on it. I can see no reason why they congregate there. They seem to be becoming imune to sprays, I nearly have to drown them in the stuff! *What are your problems dj? -- Pete C London UK We have quite a big problem with flies here as we are in a National Forest and next door is a farm. We have fly screens at the bedroom window and our doors have mosquito nets on the outside, even though we don't have mozzies, fortunately! I am just grateful that our bin is emptied twice a week, once for plastic etc., and the other for household waste. Judith |
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In article , Martin writes: | | We have fly screens. mozzies and flies. Flies breed in the wheelie bins in | summer. The solution is not to put food waste in them. We don't have any problem with flies, because we chuck everything on the compost heap. And, no, houseflies and similar don't breed on that. Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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On Aug 23, 12:18*pm, Martin wrote:
On 23 Aug 2008 11:14:52 GMT, (Nick Maclaren) wrote: In article , Martin writes: | | We have fly screens. mozzies and flies. Flies breed in the wheelie bins in | summer. The solution is not to put food waste in them. The flies aren't necessarily breeding in our bins. We don't have any problem with flies, because we chuck everything on the compost heap. And, no, houseflies and similar don't breed on that. One get rats instead, according to what has been posted here? The solution is to empty the bins more often than once a fortnight, but they knew that when they stopped doing it. -- Martin You are absolutely right Martin, how stupid to leave a bin for 2 weeks, in Summer????? What about young mothers and all those disposable nappies, two weeks of disposable in the bin, I would think we will end up with health problems before long. Judith |
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