On Sun, 18 Oct 2009 21:58:33 -0700 (PDT), eva shovelful
wrote:

Hello,
I am new to this gardening newsgroup and I thought that I would ask a

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I have found three black widow spiders in 17 years. They are common
in this area, scorpions too. I'm in east TN, zone 7. Always watch
wear you put your hands and feet. You can quickly find a zone map
using Google.