I have no clue...but the best time to get those black widows is at night with a flash light in hand. Several months ago went around the perimeter of house/garage/RV garage/greenhouse/wood pile and inside the RV garage and sprayed Raid and smooshed about 25-30 of them. Make sure you get both sexes of them and smash the egg sac as well. I transplanted a stinging nettle plant on my patio yesterday and after it was all done a female and male black widow came out and I had had my arm under the cascading bush! Smooshed em both!!!!

I have another kind of spider but don't know what they are ....they are real light colored thin legged spider with virtually no body/moves REAL fast and boy do they bite ya a good one! I leave my garden spiders alone except when they are in my walkway, then I just keep moving there webs. They get frustrated and build where they don't get disturbed. Nothing is worse than coming to the front door in the dark and getting a face full of spider. Who needs a dog....when you have spiders protecting you....You should hear what comes flying out of people's mouths when they walk into one!!!

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Catlover, don't forget those huge brownish spiders that make those big webs from one tree to the next...I don't know what they are...but they are BIG guys

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...I'll take the moster mosquitoes over those monster spiders anyday!

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ewwwww.....it's giving me the eeeebeeee geeebeee's now!

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We got Lots-O-spiders here....but not big lurking ones like you have. We only got those itsy bitsy kinds....they don't bite....

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I'll still take a blizzard to something that
at any potential moment, could be jumpin' out
at me or on me (* AND NOT KNOW IT )
and bite me, with deadly poisions!!!!!

they forcast blizzards, I can stock up on
food and "stuff" and stay home and be safe!!
And we don't have blizzards everyday of the week,
24~7~365!!!!! Come to think of it, we haven't
really had a "blizzard" in a few years!!!

Weezie

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Weezie

Don't forget to be kind to strangers. For some who have
done this have entertained angels without realizing it.
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hey...use a blow torch to rid blizzard.or line up barrels in yard with oil burning.will melt before it lands
MG teepee sounds kewl.I have a wisteria teepee
hubby been bit by recluse spider twice.nasty lil bugger.I don't care for agressive spiders.i got tons of daddy long legs...so if ya ever want any...will mail ya some.they eat bugs.

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if it were just for me, I'd go for it. But my girls are 2 and 4. wouldn't want them in spider's way...

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rellie

Morning Glories attrack hummingbirds. Hummingbirds eat spiders. Personally I hate spiders too. We don't have the widow spiders here very often but we do get big icky spiders. I'ld check the teepee before letting them play in it and get rid of (SMASH) any spiders found there.

Good job, Rellie! Eager to see your pics. What a fun thing for the kids to play in....It's gonna be great when everything gets all sprouty & starts climbing.

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ok, here it is- stage one, the building of the tee pee:

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did it work?

oh, and please check out my post in the mystery plants section too!

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rellie

suggestion and question

1, post a like to the mystery plant album in the mystery plant section

2, did the bulb come up through the rocks?

Rellie,

I really like your sweetpeateepee....try sayin' that five times fast!!! Your baby sounds adorable! I think I will make something like that for my boys this year. I have a small side yard by my driveway, that during the summer I park my car blocking off the front of the drive on the street so the boys can skate, ride their trikes and bikes, etc. I think a children's garden there would be wonderful...with a tee pee and some sunflowers, etc., next to their sandbox and park bench. I could even use their old wading pool to make a small vegtable garden for them to tend....oh, boy! Sounds like fun! When they grow up I will use the side yard for a rose cutting garden, with all diff specimens.

Have a happy day!
Barbara

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Thanks Barb,
I too park at the bottom of my driveway when I'm doing yard work and the kiddos play, ride bikes, trikes, whatever. Thought that was my original idea!

The morning glory packet I got said nick the hulls of and soak the seeds for 12 hours prior planting. but since mine are in the grass... who knows what they're doing...

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rellie

I've never soaked morning glory seeds. I think you're going to have to check the teepee each time before your girls get in it to make sure there are no creatures. I've had hummingbirds buzz my head and I'm sure they could scare your children.

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