I like to think of my house as clean, but recently my kitchen has had a fruit fly invasion (Ewww!)
Mr H insists we do our bit to be a little "greener" for the environment, and everything and anything that can be composted needs to go in the compost bin. I, on the other hand, am completely crap in this department and am quite happy turfing my rubbish in the trash can as required. Since he is keen on the ol' compost for his gardening, the rule in our house is that he has to empty it regularly in the huge composter at the bottom of our garden, come rain or shine. However, somebody was a little slack on doing this in the last couple of weeks, and now my kitchen is over-run with fruit flies. It's like a plague of biblical proportions.
A quick Google search for a solution yielded various methods, but the most common involved a glass, some red wine vinegar and cling film. You basically pop some vinegar (I found old red wine + malt vinegar worked really well) in a glass, then cover with cling film. You then poke a couple of holes in the cling film; small enough for the buggers to fly in but not come back out, leave on a clean surface and Hey Presto!
It's like watching a National Geographic version of a drunken orgy! There are probably around a 100 of them in there, all buzzing and swimming away, getting drunk on wine- no lie. I can happily say that by having this for the last couple of weeks (plus emptying the compost bins on time), I have managed to smite the plague! Hurrah! Glass of wine, anyone?
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