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Originally posted by PRC1964 View PostSadly it's bollocks. The good news is that a hoover is very effective.
Conkers to keep spiders away - Wild About BritainComment
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Originally posted by PRC1964 View PostSadly it's bollocks. The good news is that a hoover is very effective.
Do conkers drive spiders bonkers? Royal Society of Chemistry tests the old wives' tale | Mail OnlineComment
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One other thing to bear in mind about using conkers to rid your house of spiders. If leaving the conkers lying around doesn't seem to be working, drill a small hole thru the conker, thread a shoelace thru, and then apply the thwack principle to the spider. I understand that properly applied this technique is guaranteed to work.Comment
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Currently I have an unknown quantity of mice or maybe a mouse in the house, its only a matter of time before he gets a taste for peanut butter or chocolate!!
Also a fox came to our front garden with its own takeout bag the other night and ate it below our open bedroom window. Blue carrier, 6 cans of Fosters, 2 packs of Malboro and a large box of fried chicken, I'm pretty sure he only managed the remains on the chicken bones, but the rest was scattered around the garden.
We've also had a few LARGE spiders sprinting around the lounge, they don't usually last long, depending how friendly I'm feeling. 1. Friendly hand out the window. 2. Size 11 stomp.Never has a man been heard to say on his death bed that he wishes he'd spent more time in the office.Comment
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Originally posted by Saddo View PostWell it would seem that other people might disagree:
Conkers to keep spiders away - Wild About BritainOriginally posted by Saddo View PostFurthermore, this is in the Daily Whail so what more proof do you need?
Do conkers drive spiders bonkers? Royal Society of Chemistry tests the old wives' tale | Mail Online
I can categorically back up their research on the basis that the young PRCs collected just about every conker in the South East last autumn and yet we still had just as many spiders as ever.Comment
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I just leave the spiders to get on with it - they don't bother me and I don't bother then except for helping the occasional one that's decided to live in the bath.
No Rats, Mice, or foxes spotted - just a grey squirrel or two. Did have a hedgehog once but not noticed it for a while.
Bees in the loft - they seem to keep the wasps away
They are bumble bees so have a small nest which they have set up in the middle of the loft under a bit of wood. They don't seem to want to fly in the loft so land under the eaves and walk all the way to the nest.
Now as for flies - out come the RAID and battle commencesComment
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Every time we see a large spider bimbling across the floor there is a mad scramble to get to it before one of the cats does!
The spider will be rescued and placed out of furry harms way.
Urban foxes wander through our garden regularly, we have no problem with them.
Squirrels are also frequent visitors.
The only thing I kill is cat fleas - by applying that stuff on the moggies necks, everything else gets left alone at Pogle towers.I'm sorry, but I'll make no apologies for this
Pogle is awarded +5 Xeno Geek Points.
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