2007-08-30 15:18:08 · 5 answers · asked by humming bird 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Other - Home & Garden
Kill all the mosquitos, grasshoppers, japanese beetles, flies and all the other annoying insects that bite people and spread diseases and eat your garden plants. Then it won't have anything to eat in your garden and maybe it will come over to mine and keep it free of those pesky insects.
2007-08-30 15:30:20 · answer #1 · answered by Jim B 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm a 36 year old rookie. My wife and I bought our first house a year and a half ago. We call it our little slice of heaven. We've lived in apartments for years before we got married and now we have a beautiful little acre of wooded land that we can finally call our own. Anyway . . . when we moved in, there was a small fenced in dirt patch the previous owners used as a garden. Well . . . neither one of us ever had a garden . . . but we both liked the idea of it. So we planted our first garden in the "fenced in dirt patch" last year. Even though we didn't really know what we were doing . . . God blessed us with a wonderfully productive garden. We had a blast !!! During the winter I decided to kick it up a notch (as Emeril would say), did some research, and ended up building an awesome 24' x 16' raised garden over Memorial Day weekend. Not only was it my first DIY project . . . but I had a chance to bond with my dad and we couldn't be happier with it. We're just starting to harvest our crops now. We have Zucchini, squash, string beans, thai peppers, 5 different types of tomatoes, bell peppers, jalepenos, cucumbers, beautiful egg plants, delphiniums and hollyhocks for asthetics. Well . . . God blessed us again . . . our tomato plants are almost 7' tall !!! Our garden is now the talk of the neighborhood even amongst the most seasoned gardeners !!! We both just fell in love with our garden and hope to enjoy is as long as we can. We also hope to teach our children to enjoy gardening. I plan to build a mini raised garden for the kids to enjoy !!! Happy gardening from it's newest fan !!!
2016-05-17 12:51:02 · answer #2 · answered by carmela 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You, don't...they are garden spiders and very good for keeping bugs under control.
They don't usually like living in homes and tend to stay outside and can live up to 4 years.
Looks like this is a big year for them too!
Be glad you have them, otherwise you'd be driven nuts by all the bugs!
2007-08-30 15:33:08 · answer #3 · answered by groingo 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Those huge yellow and black garden spiders are one of the many varieties of orb weavers. They are beneficial and harmless to humans and animals. They eat the buggies we'd rather not have around.
Your particular spider is called a golden orb weaver. Here is a pic for comparison.
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If your orb weaver is building its web in an undesireable location the simply use a stick to remove the web and the spider will more than likely look for a different location to build. Trust me, you want these guys in your garden.
2007-08-30 16:59:59 · answer #4 · answered by Sptfyr 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Post a sign "No yellow & blacks allowed"
2007-09-03 09:05:27 · answer #5 · answered by txpainthorse 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋