Lemon and lemon peels can be useful in the kitchen to prepare first, second and fabulous side dishes, or to wash dishes, polish the countertop, the sink, to solve health problems of any kind but also in other ways.
For example, some people use lemon peels to scare away animals, particularly from the windows of the house, when they try to sneak in. Flies are annoying to everyone, they bring dirt into the house, they don’t stop buzzing around people and food, which is quite irritating. When you’re in the kitchen you often need clean air, especially if you’re cooking or especially frying, but you end up being intimidated or intimidated by them. We are very afraid that they will enter the house, because then it is practically impossible to take them out.
Some tips to keep flies away from your home
What you have to do is not give up and do not give up completely, so first of all it is necessary to open the kitchen window or the bedroom window and then take advantage of the infallible natural remedies that will allow you to scare away flies without necessarily having to resort to chemicals and pesticides that are bad for your health.
In the meantime, we should all control fruits and vegetables because they are the first to rot and if we don’t realize it, it’s a problem. These easily attract flies and more. Then, secondly, if you love incense, you can use lavender, lemongrass or geranium incense that repels flies. They also find cloves particularly annoying, but lemon wedges or the lemon peel itself are no different.
How to chase flies away from the kitchen in a few steps with a lemon and a little vinegar
To eliminate kitchen flies and therefore prevent them from entering through the window, cut the lemon, remove the peel from the citrus fruit and store it in a tightly closed napkin. Then you sit on the kitchen windowsill, the smell, even if it is not strong and heavy, will keep them away. Alternatively, you can prepare a nice trap for them with 4 tablespoons of vinegar, one tablespoon of liquid soap, a plastic bottle, and scissors. Then, the neck of the bottle is cut and placed inside the bottle upside down. Pour in the vinegar and soap, shake everything together, and then place the obviously open bottle on the windowsill. Flies, or all animals attracted, will go to the window and fall inside, unable to get out.
Fly Trap
Otherwise, you can prepare another trap with 100 g of sugar, a liter of milk, 50 of ground pepper. Simmer everything for at least ten minutes, then pour it into a deep dish, the flies will rest on top until they are attached. But it doesn’t end here because with equal tranquility and speed you can create a fantastic insecticide to use in cleaning windowsill or large windows.
It is prepared like this: the fresh mint leaves are macerated in a jar with vinegar inside and left to macerate for 7 days. Once the due time has elapsed, pour the solution into a bottle, preferably with a spray bottle, and spray it on the glass. Thanks to the solution, not only will the windows be clean, clear and bright thanks to the use of vinegar, but they will also keep flies and all other insects away from the house for a long time. When the effect of the napkin with the lemon peels and window liquid starts to fade, you can do it all over again.
