Natural fruit fly killing concoction

When we buy fruits and veges we sometimes get inundated with these little flies. I believe the last culprit was a couple ears of corn we had lying around for several days. We really meant to eat them, but time and other things got in the way, then they spoiled. We had the largest colony of fruit flies I ever did see. And these things fly every where, up your nose, in your ear, into our Natures Head, all over.

One night we were enjoying a glass of red wine. And I had to swat these pesky flies away, and finally they found their way into my wine glass and drowned. This sparked an idea for hubby. 

The next day he poured a couple tablespoons of wine, a couple tablespoons of rice vinegar, and  a tablespoon of balsamic vinegar, all into a small glass jar, with no lid.

Voila, we had a fly trap, without any sticky mess (we already tried the sticky fly paper and it just stuck every where). There are too many of those dead flies to count at the bottom of the jar, yahoo!!

I also spray from now on all incoming fruits and veges with vinegar, just in case.

The jar with hubby's fly killing concoction.

Dead flies in the jar.

Vinegar, My All Purpose Cleaner

I use Vinegar for just about everything. Cleaning stains on clothes or just about any surface, cleaning numerous stainless steel things on the boat, washing our feet if they get stinky, spraying moldy surfaces, and washing fruits n veges.

The best part about using Vinegar, as an all purpose cleaner, is if you spray near yourself no harmful chemicals hurt you. And if a child wants to help clean, no harm for them either. Granted its not all powerful, but it does a darn good job!

My Vinegar spray bottle.