Oh, Before I moved I was plagued with seagulls in the garden, and had to put the bird food in the borders to stop the gulls flocking and fighting for it.. they also sit on my mums conservatory roof waiting for her the feed the birds and then go mad fighting for it. She chases them off with a broom. .
Unfortunately I do not have any plants or trees in my garden at present to attract the birds, the trees blew down in last winters winds ( these were 5 leylandi, at the end of my garden) and I had to have them removed as they were unsafe. Since then only spiders.!!!!!
Shellsglam, please understand i know as much about spiders as i do about women which is Nothing, BUT my Kate has been from childhood Terrified and i mean terrified of any spiders,screams in the garden mean im needed to move a spider to another location as i cant hurt them,i find them fascinating anyway when we were living in Tenby we had spiders as big as rats (nearly ) a neighboring allotmenteer said get some Conkers put on window sills and anywhere else spiders can get into the house Kate collected a bag full pollished them nicely and put them everywhere and i mean everywhere, No spiders in the house hardly at all it worked for her, Now Conkers are free so how about collecting a few hundred and throw them in the garden it will cost you only a nice time being a kid again collecting Conkers ( for in doors you can now buy Conker spray for spiders) perhaps for later a little Conker tree. if not a flame burner might clear them,you can hire them for clearing weeds etc ,id go for Conkers Good luck
Sorry can't help with the spider problems , but I would do some research on ivy before you rotavate.if it's like the bindweed every chopped little bit Will root and grow.
I'm inclined to suggest you take a more holistic approach to get the balance of nature better. Specifically get some planting to attract insects and in turn to attract insect eating birds. It's not a quick fix but it's the best thing you can do.
I wouldn't personally believe a thing I was told about diatomeacous earth. They say it can be used as a womer for horses and dogs. You might well use it BUT.... it doesn't darn well work!
Wolf spiders don't attack humans, we are far too big and scary for them. They will run and hide if you go after them. They will bite in defense if provoked, e.g. trying to catch them. They get unfairly blamed for other insect bites and there are plenty of other things in your garden which will seek you out to feed on you - mosquitoes, midges etc. I would suspect one of those rather than wolf spiders.
I just read that peppermint oil is something that spiders hate. Apparently, they taste with their toes. Just put some in a bottle with water and spray.
Thank you all for your help and comments. It was definitely a spider bite confirmed by hospital, but sending a specimen is a good idea. In all my years of having a garden I have never seen such large numbers of anything in the garden (apart from ants) let alone spiders. the bite was not from a 'flying' insect. I have had plenty of those. I will try peppermint spray idea. But unless you could see them you wouldn't believe it either. They seen to have colonised most of the garden including grass, and I am rather afraid now as the bite was extremely painful and spread along my leg very quickly causing severe pain. I have obviously not tried catching or provoking them.
I only venture out to put washing out. I was digging up prickle and ivy roots when I was bitten about three months ago and they have since then increased in number and size to more or less whole garden. .
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Oh, Before I moved I was plagued with seagulls in the garden, and had to put the bird food in the borders to stop the gulls flocking and fighting for it.. they also sit on my mums conservatory roof waiting for her the feed the birds and then go mad fighting for it. She chases them off with a broom. .
Unfortunately I do not have any plants or trees in my garden at present to attract the birds, the trees blew down in last winters winds ( these were 5 leylandi, at the end of my garden) and I had to have them removed as they were unsafe. Since then only spiders.!!!!!
Shellsglam, please understand i know as much about spiders as i do about women which is Nothing, BUT my Kate has been from childhood Terrified and i mean terrified of any spiders,screams in the garden mean im needed to move a spider to another location as i cant hurt them,i find them fascinating anyway when we were living in Tenby we had spiders as big as rats (nearly ) a neighboring allotmenteer said get some Conkers put on window sills and anywhere else spiders can get into the house Kate collected a bag full pollished them nicely and put them everywhere and i mean everywhere, No spiders in the house hardly at all it worked for her, Now Conkers are free so how about collecting a few hundred and throw them in the garden it will cost you only a nice time being a kid again collecting Conkers ( for in doors you can now buy Conker spray for spiders) perhaps for later a little Conker tree. if not a flame burner might clear them,you can hire them for clearing weeds etc ,id go for Conkers Good luck
Sorry can't help with the spider problems , but I would do some research on ivy before you rotavate.if it's like the bindweed every chopped little bit Will root and grow.
I'm inclined to suggest you take a more holistic approach to get the balance of nature better. Specifically get some planting to attract insects and in turn to attract insect eating birds. It's not a quick fix but it's the best thing you can do.
I wouldn't personally believe a thing I was told about diatomeacous earth. They say it can be used as a womer for horses and dogs. You might well use it BUT.... it doesn't darn well work!
Thank you all for your suggestions. I have lots to ponder on. Will let you know.
hope you all have a good day.
Wolf spiders don't attack humans, we are far too big and scary for them. They will run and hide if you go after them. They will bite in defense if provoked, e.g. trying to catch them. They get unfairly blamed for other insect bites and there are plenty of other things in your garden which will seek you out to feed on you - mosquitoes, midges etc. I would suspect one of those rather than wolf spiders.
The Natural History Museum has some interesting information about spider bites, it might be worth sending off a specimen to confirm your identification. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/nature-online/life/insects-spiders/identification-guides-and-keys/spider-bites/index.html
I just read that peppermint oil is something that spiders hate. Apparently, they taste with their toes. Just put some in a bottle with water and spray.
Thank you all for your help and comments. It was definitely a spider bite confirmed by hospital, but sending a specimen is a good idea. In all my years of having a garden I have never seen such large numbers of anything in the garden (apart from ants) let alone spiders. the bite was not from a 'flying' insect. I have had plenty of those. I will try peppermint spray idea. But unless you could see them you wouldn't believe it either. They seen to have colonised most of the garden including grass, and I am rather afraid now as the bite was extremely painful and spread along my leg very quickly causing severe pain. I have obviously not tried catching or provoking them.
I only venture out to put washing out. I was digging up prickle and ivy roots when I was bitten about three months ago and they have since then increased in number and size to more or less whole garden. .
I really just want to get rid of them so I can dig up the roots and prickles before next spring and start a 'garden' again.