Organic Black Widow Control. PLEASE!

I got married so someone would get things from high shelves and kill spiders for me.

No kidding.

But really - my fabulous husband does double duty as resident spider killer in our house. I can't stand most spiders, black widows in particular. Just the thought of them sends my body into goosebumps immediately. I actually (no lie) have them right now. Chris thinks it's pretty funny that I have a bad case of arachnophobia. I'm not laughing. You can bet on there being NO picture in this post.

At our old house we had a pest service come and spray our house every 2 months. I cringe now when I think to all the chemicals that we introduced into our local groundwater and lives! Yuck. So we decided against the service at our new house, and although I don't regret it for the pollution reason, I can't stand black widows, and boy do we have them. Everywhere.

Our stucco-framed house has a small opening at the ground all around the house, perfect spider territory. All around our home one can see the shiny taut webs coming down from this opening, taunting me as I garden and walk by.

I have looked forever for a natural solution to these pests. Yes, I let spiders live usually. I'm ok with beneficial spiders and actually think the jumpy ones are kinda cute, but black widows serve no useful purpose. Fight with me all you want about this staunch opinion, but come on! Yuck.

I came across an all natural solution from Victor Poison Free Ant/Roach/Wasp/Hornet killers. They are really 2 different kinds of sprays only because of the sprayer action: one is a typical sprayer and the other is a wasp stream sprayer. I read online somewhere that this solution also works on black widows. At this point, I'm willing to spend $33 ($10 was shipping... dammit) for 4 bottles and hope for the best.

Results to follow sometime in the future.

Katie