{"id":1294,"date":"2013-08-29T06:00:18","date_gmt":"2013-08-29T10:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.knowyouroots.com\/ijustgottashare\/?p=1294"},"modified":"2013-08-25T08:14:45","modified_gmt":"2013-08-25T12:14:45","slug":"are-you-tired-of-sharing-your-food-with-fruit-flies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.knowyouroots.com\/ijustgottashare\/2013\/08\/29\/are-you-tired-of-sharing-your-food-with-fruit-flies\/","title":{"rendered":"Are you tired of sharing your food with fruit flies?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Around mid-summer, our kitchen starts to be overrun by fruit flies. They seem to be enjoying the delicious seasonal fruit almost as much as we are. I guess we could reduce the number of fruit flies by putting all the fruit in the refrigerator or stop composting. Unfortunately, these two rather simple solutions are a bit more challenging for our family. For one thing, some fruit tastes better at room temperature or it needs a couple of extra days to ripen on the counter. As for the compost, I cannot imagine not composting; it just does not make sense for me. Then, perhaps I could dump the compost after every meal. Honestly, I am much too lazy for that, we all have our limitations.<\/p>\n

Recently, I visited a friend who may have found the perfect solution. She put a little trash can with a lid outside her kitchen door to put the compost in. It is sort of a way station: it leaves the kitchen and when it is full or she gets around to it, she dumps it in the compost pile. I thought it was brilliant so when I got home, I bought one for us. Now after each meal, I simply open the kitchen door and dump our meal\u2019s compost. It sits a couple feet from the recycling bins that are filled after each meal as well. The lid has a hinge and a little pedal to step on to open the lid, so it\u2019s hands free and (hopefully) critter proof. I guess we will see.<\/p>\n

Although we still keep some fruit on the counter, (since I really do not care for cold bananas), there is still less food for the fruit flies than there was. After only one day, there was already a noticeable decline in the fruit fly population. I hope this continues. How do you deal with fruit flies in home? Please share and I will continue to share.<\/p>\n

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