TRYING to eat clean can feel like a challenge in itself, so the last thing you need is fruit flies hovering around your healthy snacks and forcing you towards the cookie jar.
According to experts, you can use an item that usually ends up in the trash to deter flies from your fruit bowl.
According to home expert Babs, known to her Instagram followers as Brunch With Babs, you can repel fruit flies with just a wine cork.
Babs referred to the hack as “the French grandma’s trick for keeping fruit flies away and having your fruit last longer.”
“After you’re done drinking your wine, dry out your cork, make sure it’s a real one not a synthetic one,” Babs told her followers.
She continued: “Just cut your cork in half, nestle each half of the work in your fruit bowl.”
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“Natural cork absorbs humidity in the air, which means a slower ripening process, which means fresher fruit longer,” Babs explained.
The home expert’s fans took to the Instagram comments section to shar their appreciation for the hack.
“This works!!! I haven’t had a single fruit fly all summer!” said one viewer.
“Ok, so what I’m really hearing here is wine before fruit — thanks Babs, I understand the assignment!” joked another follower.
A third person said: “Um love that!! Leaving out a little red cooking wine nearby will help get rid of fruit flies too.”
“I’m French and didn’t even know this,” said another user.
