Plus, Grumpys gripe of the week.
All that’s left are upright sticks.
Should I leave them alone or cut them to the ground?
Will they come back?"
This ability to keep growing back no matter what makes people either love Nandinas or hate them.
So I guess you’re of the former camp.
Deers love salted caramel.
Spiders are actually a very beneficial part of the ecosystem, because they eat lots and lots of bugs.
And there’s very few of them that pose any threat to people.
There’s only two venomous spiders that we have in the Southeast.
That’s the black widow and the brown recluse, which most people will never run into.
And it chases away mosquitoes, so obviously if it chases away mosquitoes, it’ll chase away spiders.
Well, see, here’s a couple problems with that.
They’re born there, or they hatch out there, if you prefer.
They reproduce there, and they die there.
They never go outdoors because they don’t like it outdoors.
It’s wet and it’s cold and they prefer to live in your house.
What do they do while they’re in your house?
Well they eat other bugs that maybe you don’t like as much as them.
They eat cockroaches and all those other creepy crawlies and flies and things like that inside your house.
So they do perform a very beneficial function.
All the bug sprays.
But planting citronella around the outside of your house is just plain stupid.
Don’t be like that.
About Ask Grumpy
Ask Grumpyis a podcast featuring Steve Bender, also known asSouthern LivingsGrumpy Gardener.
