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Originally Posted by Patricia
Zelda recently complained about a large spider in her apartment.
A friend has just pointed out this article, in which scientists propose to test the claim that spiders hate horse-chestnuts (aka conkers), so putting a few horse-chestnuts on window-sills and in corners may help to deter the critters:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencete...ders-home.html
(Be careful: there is a picture of a spider.)
Incidentally, the horse-chestnut tree [Aesculus hippocastanumis] called Marronnier d'Inde in French, and there are a lot of them growing on the banks of the Canal Saint-Martin, and they should be producing nuts now. |
excellent news patricia !! thank you ! i will have to go foraging for chestnuts tomorrow. we've got plenty of them in the neighborhood (on quite a few streets in addition to along the canal). i'll just take your word for it, and skip the article with the picture of the spider.
so, how many is a few ? do you think a salad bowl of them by each window would be enough ? there are quite a lot of corners in this place but i'm willing to sprinkle chestnuts liberally through the house to avoid spiders. the cats are probably going to have a field day with this.
