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There are far too many flies in my home at the moment. It's insane. They are invading my living space, and although I don't notice them most of the time (on account of accustomization), sometimes they really start to piss me off.

They come from a pond we have in our front yard. It's kind of two-tiered, made from a coffin liner sunk into the ground, and then at the head of that earth-indentation, there is a bathtub sitting perpendicular. The bottom pond is alright, but the top pond lies nearly empty; stagnant. It collects flies. Well, fly larvae to be more precise. The fish in the coffin/pond eat the larvae, but the top is empty of fishy life. It used to stay baby-fly-free by way of pump, which circulated water from the bottom-most pond up through a tube, into the bathtub pond, and then back, through a spout, into the bottom pond again. The pond pump, as you probably have guessed, broke some time ago.

The problem will soon be solved though. We have a screen door now, which effectively screens out flies. Who would have guessed, eh? Also, we have put in a new pump. This came with a fountain that my mother made. It is composed of two plant pots. It does not work well. The water all flows out of one side. It is not interesting.