jeano
Posted : 7/20/2006 1:08:07 AM
Sprinkle diatomaceous earth around the areas the flies are congregating and breeding. We used to feed diatomaceous earth to our cows because it went right through them, and when the flies ate the cow poop, it killed them.
It is not poison. It's made of the skeletons of diatoms, tiny tiny sea animals that are part of plankton and whose skeletons are mainly silica, I believe.
Here are some links:
http://www.hydromall.com/happy_grower16.html
http://www.zetatalk.com/food/tfoox041.htm
I used to sprinkle it in and around the outhouse and much reduced the fly population. Now I don't have an outhouse, but that's just an example.