why are there so many...............?

Getting Rid of House Flies

* Sprinkle dry soap into garbage cans after they have been washed and allowed to dry; it acts as a repellent.

* Plant basil or tansy near the doors to your home or where flies tend to cluster.

* Essential oil of clove can be used as a repellant. You can dilute it with olive oil or a body lotion and use on skin for people or pets.

* Set a sponge in a saucer and soak it with essential oil of lavender to repel flies.

* A pot of tansy or basil set on a window sill or table will help reduce the number of flies in the room.

Perhaps the flies are already in the house, maybe a colony (if that's the right word) breeding somewhere. Horrid thought, I know, but if you're clean and you don't leave your windows and doors wide open, I don't know what else it might be.

What about having a snoop around any large indoor plants, or even under the house - they could be breeding there and coming up though the floor.

Good luck, it sounds just awful :-[

Fly paper is still available. Can be found at feed stores.

do you leave any windows or doors open? i've had frogs get throught the screens on my patio so it doesn't matter if there are screens.

FLY SPRAY