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What can I use to stop the flys attacking me while I am gardening?

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What can I use to stop the flys attacking me while I am gardening?

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  1. A protective coat of spiders.


  2. Flies. Rub on eucalyptus oil.

  3. Instead of putting the citronella directly on your skin, use Off! brand Citronella candles, or Tiki Torches.

    http://www.homefurnish.com/patiolawngard...

    Off! makes a wide variety of pleasant smelling repellent lotions for your skin. This is my favorite, OMG, it has THE most beautiful, natural scent, ever!

    http://www.mosquitocontrol.ca/products/R...

    And, that Avon Skin So Soft smells sooo pretty, and it really works, too, BabyLeslie is right about that!!

    http://www.avon.com/1/3/skin-so-soft-bug...

    Happy gardening while smelling pretty and annihilating the pests!♥!

  4. Dilute a bit of listerine and use it as a spray on to your exposed parts. Cheap and effective.

  5. flys?? flys dont attack you, if its biting insects its probably mozzys, or if you live in scotland its midgies if its midgies then skin so soft is good,

  6. If you are a smoker, light up. That will keep them away. Also, as suggested, oil of citronella is excellent. Or rub lemon or orange peel onto your skin.

  7. You can make your own mesh protection that covers your face and mid body. All you need is some of that flexible wire netting and a thread and needle. Here is an excellent example of what I am talking about.

    http://www.durgan.org/2008/June%202008/2...

  8. Buy  a small bottle of oil of citronella (expensive) but a little goes a long way. Pour a spray bottle nearly full of rubbing alcohol and add a few drops of citronella , shake and spray. Presto! You now have a insect repellent that is very effective , cheap and the same basic thing you pay high prices for at Wall-marts. Happy gardening!

  9. I have a large straw hat that I spray with bug repel ant and wear long sleeves.

  10. um.......... wear thick clothes..................acshully i dunno. try growing sum keep fly away plant or sumthing.

  11. VINEGAR

  12. just use off spray the mosquito stuff

  13. Soap and water.  Take a bath!!! Lol jk, I really dont know

  14. spray yourself with listerine...works on mosquitos

  15. I agree with babyleslie. Skin so soft by avon works wonders. I don't know why, but we take it camping to keep the gnats at bay and it works!!

  16. I used some Raid Yard Guard on a swarm of tiny black flies last August and wiped them out!  Usually I'm against pesticides but this was war!

  17. Try some Off Spray bug repellant or Avon Skin so Soft (I believe that's what it is called).

  18. Aeroguard in Australia.........

  19. The ironclad way to keep them off you is to wear protective clothing. Long sleeve cotton shirt, and blue jeans. Go to the army navy clothing store and buy a men's fishing cap. Its one of those bucket shape cotton caps with a rim that goes all around. Then get a camper's mosquito head net. They are a light material made of tent screen material. It goes over the cap and covers your head and neck. The rim from the hat keeps the neting out of your eyes and away from your face. Very effective! You can also buy both in the sporting goods section of Walmart and possibly Sears and Kmart and save a few bucks that way.

    I have seen woman too (not just men) wear those hats and sometimes I see them wearing those plastic African Safari type of hats instead to be more fashionable but those are pretty expensive hats. I have also tried those mosquito nettings with baseball caps but they dont work as well because it allows too much of the netting to touch your head. That is why those bucket shape fishing hats work so well. Good Luck! Btw the mosquito nettings sell for 4-8 bucks. Or maybe try to find them on eBay.

    I found a link to these on eBay:

    http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll...

  20. A MASK! They are a pain. They have Bracelets you can wear to keep fly's and bugs away. By brother is a biker and it works for him!  Here is the imformation where you can get them on the internet

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