Any suggestions to help with flys? I live on 2 acres, the neighbors have chickens and behind me there are cows. I’ve tried the bag fly traps that you hang with water and poison but their population doesn’t seem to be dwindling. And I haven’t actually noticed any flys in the traps.
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Do you mingle asking what general region you homestead in? I just ask because black flies like in canada and the northern US are pretty unavoidable once they’re in season. As far as regular flies go, though, maybe you can try to find where they’re coming from. If you have livestock they’ll probably come from somewhere near there.
One of the best ways i’ve found to get rid of pest insects is to get more other insects. If you plant a big patch of native wildflowers, grasses, etc. it’s supposed to balance out the population and encourage more predators species like birds and spiders to eat them.
Not sure if this is super helpful but i’ve heard it can work quite well!