[Gaina]

Originally Posted by mrs fish

My mum and dad swear by conkers placed around the floor edges to keep the spiders away , I told people about this on the Autumnwatch message boards last year

The theory is that the intruding spider thinks the conker is a much larger spider .

Last week we had three or four large visitors with eight legs

Ah, right! I know they don't like lemon essential oil on a bit of tissue paper or cotton wool