Amazing! I went to a little country store yesterday and saw a baggie of
water tacked to the wall right at the front door...I wondered, but did not
take the time to ask...but I bet it's one and the same, LOL. Hmmm....I'm
game to try most anything but hubby might REALLY think I've lost it this time
if I start hanging baggies of water around the doors. Dogs might find
them too entertaining, too and it would be tough to hang one high enough that
the Dane couldn't get to it !
But in the barn...I'll try it if it works!
O.K. guys, what's the deal on the baggies of water repelling
flies? A couple of years ago my mother-in-law came home from a trip out
of the country and announced that everywhere over there they had baggies
of water hanging from strings around outdoor eating areas, etc. and that
it repelled flies. Lately I've noticed several people doing this
here and there. Then out of the blue I received a commercially packaged
deal that's the same idea but a little heavier bags with rivets in the
top to suspend them around your barn I suppose. Don't know who my
benefactor is but I dutifully hung them up. Now I have this fear
that somebody's going to start laughing and say, "You fell for that
TOO? So, anybody heard of any research that affirms whatever affect
it's supposed to have on the flies eyes or whatever. My ponies think it's
great fun to reach high and grab them so there's 2 down already so I
advise you hang them high if you're going to try it. One of the
commercially packaged bags actually survived being pulled down by pony
teeth though so if this is for real there would be some advantage to
buying theirs with the heavier plastic and rivets...but it seemed pretty
uneconomical to pay shipping on that big bag of water when you could have
just gotten 8 bags in an envelope.
Angie
"Life is not
a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty
and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used
up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming --WOW-- what a ride !!
"
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But in the barn...I'll try it if it works!