Flies 😱

Hola;

I’m not sure there is much else that you can do at this time of year. Melon time is fly time, especially in the campo where I also live; I get attacked by flies even when putting out the washing! it’s as though they are searching for water.

Sorry I can’t be more helpful.

Thankyou Jeanne58,

I’m getting used to making a mad frantic dash to the car from my front door to avoid their attacks. 

Do you have experience of how long it will last? I’ve noticed they’ve started ploughing the fields ready for re planting will it all calm down once they’ve finished.?

Thanks for your response 

Good wishes Si

Thankyou Jeanne58,

I’m getting used to making a mad frantic dash to the car from my front door to avoid their attacks. 

Do you have experience of how long it will last? I’ve noticed they’ve started ploughing the fields ready for re planting will it all calm down once they’ve finished.?

Thanks for your response 

Good wishes Si

Thankyou Jeanne58,

I’m getting used to making a mad frantic dash to the car from my front door to avoid their attacks. 

Do you have experience of how long it will last? I’ve noticed they’ve started ploughing the fields ready for re planting will it all calm down once they’ve finished.?

Thanks for your response 

Good wishes Si

It is mainly during the planting season. I think part of the problem is after the picking, followed by the goats, and finally the rotting fruit. Flies are a nuisance here, as well as other parts of the region, mainly due to the agricultural land that surrounds us. At the end of the day, it boils down to living ‘in the campo’. Let’s hope your guests will enjoy the positives life here has to offer, and not be put off by the seasonal influx of flies. The other choice you have is to invite guests outside of the melon season, which is still warm and lovely.

Good luck

Yes Jeanne58 is right.  Off season is better. I feel SO lucky,having bought in the campo 16 years ago not even advised about the flies. We bought in the hills not farmland around Bedar and Serena .  We are there on and off October till June and are not bothered by flies at least no more than we get in U.K.    it’s a shame no one told you .  You will do well if you sell it on the winter ,get away from the Cold idea. 

Thankyou for your lovely positive replies.

I too wake up every morning filled with gratitude I found this place. I absolutely love it and feel so blessed.

I believe there’s a solution to every problem so I will find a way to manage the fly issues but until then it will limit my rental income and also my Yoga teaching as I like to teach in my garden sadly it’s impossible at the moment.

I’ve also decided to speak to the Town Hall and Agriculture company near me to see if their activities can be tweaked to lessen the flies and ask if I may place fly traps on the land that boarders my property.( horrible smelly things but very effective) I prefer to discourage rather than kill but as yet haven’t found a magic herb that will send them packing.

I hope with a proactive multi dimensional approach.

I’ll make a difference 😃

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Hi Sian we are not plagued by flies but still get them as you do. We have found that using metal streamers on the doors seem to deter so many coming in. Not cheap and you have to make them up yourself.

 Also we plug in an electronic pest unit which we purchased from Leroy Merlin, it does appear to off cut down the amount of flies that enter through the doors, which are always open as we have dogs.

 I also mist the property with lavender this seems to help as well. Check out some of the other oils ie bergamot and lemon grass, citronella they are pretty good too. 

Best  Regards Sue