I second that! I recently moved and have a new garden. I soon
discovered a *serious* spider problem. Vast numbers of the damned
things, and they creeped my out... but I thought... Why's that then?
My garden is close to reservoirs and marsh land... and the air is
thick with midges and the like. The spiders keep their numbers down. I
did need to combat the spiders to a degree, though, so I installed a
bird table. The birds keep down the excess of spiders, the spiders
keep down the excess of midges, and the birds hop about providing
colour and singing to me and I *love* my garden and all things in it!

"LeeAnne" wrote in message ...
I've just never understood the mentality behind killing creepy crawlies.
Don't you understand that they are good? I work in my garden for hours
surrounded by bees and wasps and all kinds of spiders large and small. Sure
they'll make me 'eek' every now and again if they startle me -- but there is
nothing more satisfying than seeing a big fat spider eating some other kind
of garden nasty that would otherwise be eating my plants.

Do you kill the snakes and toads and frogs? What about the birds and
squirrels and chipmunks?

Start messing around w/killing certain things and you'll throw off your
balance. If you're using poisons then you'll be killing everything.


"Kat" wrote in message
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"LeeAnne" wrote in message
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yes yes, kill everything, pave the rainforest and your lawn while you're
at
it.
If you do not like bugs - DON'T GARDEN.


You my dear, may raise a huge buzzing bug bed for all I care. But if your
spiders and paper wasps cross my property
line.......AAAAAAARRRrrrrrrgggggg
!!!*plop* (squiggle squiggle squiggle).