On 2013-04-27, Polly Esther > wrote:

> empty for 2 years and the spiders absolutely defiantly took over. Anywhere
> I see them attempting to build a condominium, I put a cotton ball soaked
> with oil of peppermint. They are disgusted and never come back.

I usually leave spiders alone, unless I find a black widow (YES! ...we
DO have black widows at 8,000ft!). But, it seems we are rural enough
that there scads of very small whitish spiders lurking everywhere in
our home and I occassionally find myself spider bit after an otherwise
uneventful sleep. Minor, usually no worse that a mosquito bite, but
it ****es me off, not to mention creeps me out, knowing a spider
strolled across my person and decided to bite me for no apparent
reason than it could. What's up with that? They jes being onery
("hah! ...take that, you large hairy only-two-legged thing!)? So
anyway, I'm gonna try yer peppermint oil trick. If it doesn't work,
what else is peppermint oil good for?

nb