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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

On Oct 19, 2009, at 9:37 AM, Chris Clarke wrote:

> ------------------------------------
> On homesteading note, why do black widow like MY garden?   Not the  
> wood pile
> where I'd expect them, but RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF MY TOMATOES AND  
> BASIL?
> Second big nest of the year for them.... Dozens of little  
> killers... :)
> Had to take care of them.   Wife thinks I'm crazy.
>
> I hate black widows...

Chris, look into a mirror and repeat this mantra: I love spiders, I  
love all spiders, spiders are my friends, spiders are the enemy of my  
enemies the insects, spiders eat insects that I really, really want  
someone else to deal with . . . .