conker season

[jillR]

hi peeps

im off out to see if the conkers are ready yet

has anyone noticed ?

a couple of years back i collected loads and put them in bowls and left them at windows to put the spidders off and it worked

so im going to go for it again this year.

jill

[mbird]

Yes it does work Jill. We don't get too many in Reedham (no overhanging trees) but when we moored at Womack, I swore by bowls of conkers.

[Guest]

im off out to see if the conkers are ready yet has anyone noticed ?

My daily work takes me past two conker trees that are the source of my annual supply (for that same purpose).

There's a few weeks to go yet still, maybe the strange weather this year has delayed them.

[Jim]

Wish they worked externally! I've been trying to find a deterrent to keep spiders from building webs over camera housings. Tried the anti spider sprays and they were useless

[jillR]

hi jim

Wish they worked externally! I've been trying to find a deterrent to keep spiders from building webs over camera housings.

just an idea but could you try threading conkers on string and adorn the area with them. ?

perhaps make up some spares to replace them when the weather gets to them.

jill

[littlesprite]

I always have conkers in the house to keep the spiders at bay, have also thought about making a paste of some to give that a try.

[jillR]

hi martin

anti spidder marron pate mmmmmmm sounds good to me, yum

jill

[Guest]

This spay works around my external cameras and floodlight PIR detectors, you do have to refresh it regularly though.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/151-s-More-Spid ... B002EISUUS

[Lucky]

Wish they worked externally! I've been trying to find a deterrent to keep spiders from building webs over camera housings. Tried the anti spider sprays and they were useless

Hi Jim. We use WD40 sprayed around the housing and wall - keeps the little blighters off for about two months at a time...

[Boaters]

Have used Conkers but can't find them at present,so if you know where there is some ,let us know

[jillR]

hi roy

i think they are late this year

jill

[Boaters]

Thanks Jill,will keep an eye out for some

[MauriceMynah]

It's nice to see a thread on conkers, it's usually the other way around!

We have horse chestnut trees outside our house. No sign of them dropping yet!

[jillR]

the wind is up so

im off conker hunting

[pks1702]

the wind is up so

im off conker hunting

Did you 'catch' any?

[jillR]

got way layed and had to do boring stuff humph

think i have to wait till the weekend now and hope the kids havent knicked them all

jill

[ExUserGone]

Kids won't touch conkers, that would require a risk assesment and some imagination.

[littlesprite]

I've already filled a carrier bag

Very poor/low crop this year though, off to search for the cobb nuts this weekend.

[littlesprite]

I've already filled a carrier bag

Very poor/low crop this year though, off to search for the cobb nuts this weekend.

I did of course mean cobnuts, the cobb nuts or cobb stones are what I burn in my cobb bbq.

[ExUserGone]

You just can't go collecting cobb nuts and putting them on the bbq, swans all belong to the queen whatever gender!

[ZimbiIV]

We gave up on this conker idea last year when visiting the boat, a pile off conkers were covered in cobwebs!!

I bought Jill a flyswat as a joke, ( imaginations run riot ) works best on spiders in her hands.

Paul

ps. put your own smilies here

[MauriceMynah]

If you want to live and thrive,

Let that spider run alive.

But if you want to have a laugh,

Swat it with the Telegraph.

[jillR]

[Guest]

I guess this means that conkers are going to become a commodity

anyone want to invest in a conker farm ?

[jillR]

ive moved on to collecting sloes

not much good at deterring spiders though

jill