I tipped a bucket of shredded leaves over my compost scraps just to stop the smell: since then, not a single fly has landed on the garden table
A single bucket of shredded leaves eliminated fruit flies from one gardener’s compost pile overnight. The fix isn’t magic—it’s basic compost chemistry that works by balancing nitrogen-rich food scraps with carbon-rich browns, creating conditions where flies can’t breed and odors can’t build.