November 26, 20169 yr Got to the point that all those spiders were taking over the shop.....webs everywhere looking like Grandpa Munster's shop. Read somewhere a long time ago that stashing hedge apple fruit in the corners of a room will drive away all the spiders......dad used to have one or two in the basement at his house. Road trip to see the doctor in Sidney, OH.....discovered a grove of the Hedge apple trees along side the roadway. Stopped and picked up a few off the ground. All three are now in the shop...maybe spidey will leave the building? Anyone else hear about them hedge apples vs spiders?
November 26, 20169 yr That's a new one on me. Hope it works because there must be a use for hedge apples. Keep us informed.
November 26, 20169 yr Author At least they smell better than Amish Road Apples... Something about the smell of the "apples" the spiders do not like. Drives them away. We'll see.....
November 26, 20169 yr I have never heard of hedge apples. I wonder if a regular apple would work? I too get to many spiders in the shop
November 26, 20169 yr Author hedge apples are about the size and weight of a Softball... Kind of bumpy around the outside.....
November 26, 20169 yr They're definitely not edible, either. And, hard as a rock. It's been a long time but, I don't recall a distinctive odor. Maybe as they "age".
November 26, 20169 yr 45 minutes ago, clhyer said: That don't look like an apple to me! Cal Looks like a black walnut. John Edited November 26, 20169 yr by HARO50
November 26, 20169 yr 10 hours ago, steven newman said: At least they smell better than Amish Road Apples... Lots of those around here. Spider don't like them either
November 26, 20169 yr I've heard of it and tried it. Didn't work worth a darn for me, maybe you'll have better luck. I chucked it up to an old wives tale. My dad used to tell me that hedgeapples were the only thing he knew of that God put on Earth that didn't have a single use.
November 26, 20169 yr Popular Post 18 minutes ago, Fred W. Hargis, Jr said: My dad used to tell me that hedgeapples were the only thing he knew of that God put on Earth that didn't have a single use. He never met my brother-in-law! John
November 26, 20169 yr Never mind the Hedge Apples, Road Apples, Horse Apples or Adam's Apples. Get out the Shop-Vac once a week and such all the little buggers up! John
November 26, 20169 yr Ah heck a little spider never hurt anything. I have a few around my place but mostly on my back porch. One is a big orange spider about as big as the end of a little finger. He-she eats flies, moths and other spiders. It has a big web and sometimes I'll catch a moth and put into the web and the dinner bell rings. I have dirt dobbers and they take care of a lot of spiders. Oh I'm not scared of snakes either and I can't get my wife to cook a rattler.
November 27, 20169 yr Author Well, so far..the resident Brown Recluses have left the shop.....they no longer drop down in front of my nose....
November 27, 20169 yr 20 minutes ago, steven newman said: Well, so far..the resident Brown Recluses have left the shop.....they no longer drop down in front of my nose.... Glad to hear that.... those suckers can KILL you! John
November 27, 20169 yr 21 minutes ago, steven newman said: Well, so far..the resident Brown Recluses have left the shop.....they no longer drop down in front of my nose.... Next will be the Black Widows
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