I have heard sprinkling Borax (like the stuff for laundry) on the carpets at bedtime, then vacuuming it up in the morning helps. For the cat, I have had better luck with the flea prevention stuff from the vet. (The kind you put behind their neck) we never had success with the off brands.
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There is a place to drain leftover water from, along with a dirt cup at the bottom of our machine. If I start getting an odor, it helps to drain it. I have, when I noticed a problem, taken a little Clorox cleanup on a rag and wipe the large gasket in the door with it. I don't use much cleaner, and I don't do it often, as I don't want the gasket to dry out. But it help kill any mold.
It seemed to be a bad year for veggies, but good for fruit. OUr neighbor's apple tree is still full! Our apples and pears were a bit smaller than usual, but were plentiful.
Use a canning jar with a little bit of vinegar in it. Make a paper cone with a tiny opening in the bottom, wide enough at ttop to seal the jar. Make sure the bottom of the cone doesn't touch the vinegar. Tape it securely in the jar. The flies will enter the cone and not be able to get back thru the little hole. This always works for me. There are several variations of it out there.
* Didn't realize this thread was so old, but it's that time of year again!
One year my son, who was about 5 at the time, took 4 pumpkin seeds and plucked them in the ground out in the field. Those were the nicest pumpkins we ever had, even when we tried doing it the "right" way. Someday I'd like to have a respectable patch going.