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Healthy Home Economist / Archives / Green Living / Pest Control / Natural Spider Repellent (guaranteed to work)

Natural Spider Repellent (guaranteed to work)

by Sarah Pope / Affiliate Links ✔

Natural spider repellent that works in any climate or location very effectively without any chemicals or traps to keep your family safe all year long.natural spider repellent

My husband’s and my property overlooks a scenic and peaceful fishing lake. While we love the view and the calm of living in our semi-rural neighborhood, we don’t love the spiders such an environment naturally seems to attract.

Warm, moist surroundings with lots of trees are particularly inviting to spiders of all sizes. No matter what we did as a spider repellent tactic, these critters seemed to find a way to get into the house especially during the summer rainy season.

Nothing seems to work to eliminate them once they’re in the house either. This includes the old stand-by borax that works so well for getting rid of ants and roaches.

The news story about the couple who had to move out of their upscale, Missouri house due to a horrible infestation with venomous brown recluse spiders despite repeated treatment from conventional pest control companies is a testament to just how difficult spiders can be to deal with.

After 22 years of living in our home, I had long since resigned myself to being Chief Spider Catcher. I thought it was a title I was just going to have to accept. Fortunately, we didn’t have spider repellent problems with the brown recluse or other dangerous species.

At least I’m not afraid of spiders. Taking out the big, fast ones was annoying, but thankfully not a scary task.

When you have young children, however, spiders are much more than annoying. They can be dangerous and there are plenty of spiders that pack a nasty and even venomous bite. If a person is immuno-compromised, a spider bite is especially problematic.

In our neck of the woods, the wolf spider is the one that most concerns me. Those things are big, hairy, fast, and not shy about biting you if provoked.

I remember vividly the time my husband put his bare feet into his work shoes that had been left sitting on the front porch only to find an enormous wolf spider hiding inside that gave him the most painful bite he has ever experienced (it was the only time in our almost 24 years of marriage that I ever heard him swear over literally anything!).

Clearly, even if spiders don’t get loose in the home, they can be a danger outside if they are nesting on the porch, in the garage, or in trees close by.

Natural Spider Repellent – Guaranteed!

I recently noticed that for the past 6 months, not a single spider had gotten into the house. I hadn’t seen any spiders in the garage or on the porch either. In fact, I hadn’t seen a single spider anywhere.

This despite a particularly wet summer with rains that filled every single retention pond around our township to the very brim.

What had so dramatically changed?

I got my answer at the Wise Traditions Conference in Indianapolis. After one session, I had the privilege of talking with Pat Foreman, a well-known radio personality known as The Chicken Whisperer. Pat is the author of City Chicks: Keeping Micro-Flocks of Chickens as Garden Helpers, Compost Makers, Bio-Recyclers, and Local Food Producers.

I was talking to Pat about a number of issues related to caring for backyard chickens. Our family acquired a mobile coop with 3 hens last spring.

As I was chatting with her, I realized that our chickens were our spider repellent secret weapon and the reason they’ve been a complete no show on our property for months!

Pat confirmed that chickens do indeed enjoy a meal that includes a nice juicy spider. They also like to eat any other insects they might find pecking and scratching around the property where they are allowed to free-range.

Chickens Love to Eat Spiders and Other Insects

At that moment, I realized that our chickens were also the reason why I hadn’t had to knock down any wasp nests in many months. Our kids even witnessed a down and dirty fight between two of our layers over a very large wasp.

Chickens are a natural insect repellent no matter what type of bugs enjoy hanging out and bothering you throughout the year!  Yes, even including mosquitoes and ticks! I’ve seen my chickens eating mosquito larvae out of a bucket filled with water before!

Do you have a spider problem like we did for so many years? If so, a couple of chickens can provide your family with fresh, nutritious eggs and also keep your children safe and your property free from these pesky and dangerous creatures.

Concerned that keeping chickens in the city wouldn’t be allowed due to zoning ordinances? Check out City Chicks which has the inside scoop on how to effectively get laying hens permitted within your town or city.  In my county, I was surprised to learn that any property owner is permitted to have laying hens (not roosters) no matter what the neighborhood!

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Sarah Pope

Sarah Pope MGA has been a Health and Nutrition Educator since 2002. She is a summa cum laude graduate in Economics from Furman University and holds a Master’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania.

She is the author of three books: the bestseller Get Your Fats Straight, Traditional Remedies for Modern Families, and Living Green in an Artificial World.

Her four eBooks Good Diet…Bad Diet, Real Food Fermentation, Ketonomics, and Ancestrally Inspired Dairy-Free Recipes are available for complimentary download via Healthy Home Plus.

Her mission is dedicated to helping families effectively incorporate the principles of ancestral diets within the modern household. She is a sought after lecturer around the world for conferences, summits, and podcasts.

Sarah was awarded Activist of the Year in 2010 at the International Wise Traditions Conference, subsequently serving on the Board of Directors of the nutrition nonprofit the Weston A. Price Foundation for seven years.

Her work has been covered by numerous independent and major media including USA Today, ABC, and NBC among many others.

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Comments (33)

  1. Stormy

    Aug 15, 2018 at 1:03 pm

    About the chickens getting rid of your spiders is not necessarily true. I have at least 30 chickens which are free ranged and I still have a huge problem with brown recluse spiders and of course huge wolf spiders. I am in fear of spiders and I have even brought chickens into my home for four or five days. Nothing. But alot of chicken poop. Plz tell me if there is another way I could rid the spiders. I can’t afford to move. Thank you

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    • Sarah

      Aug 15, 2018 at 5:25 pm

      Interesting. Our wolf spiders are completely gone! Haven’t seen one in years!

  2. Keiti

    Jun 25, 2017 at 8:46 pm

    As much as I appreciate you posting this, there was really no need to stick a photo of one at the top of the page, majority of people who look at this will be terrified of spiders and even just a single image is enough to set me into panic and im sure others are the same.

    Reply
  3. Marcy

    Apr 21, 2017 at 1:01 am

    laurel/bay leavrs for pantry retards weevils ‘pantrymoths’
    lemon+almond furniture polish. use also at floor /basebord junction ,pipeoutlet s= no roaches
    peppermint oil +Vicks rub on patio or balcony shelf where trees are close , circle doors +window frame retards spiders.
    Vicks even works against bedbugs keeps luggage safe..guest rooms…
    Being Highly allergic to insects And ususal toxic “pest sprays” we found these solutions are pleassnt. goid luck

    Reply
  4. chemfreemom

    Jul 10, 2015 at 10:18 am

    Sarah, You said “in our country” anyone can own chickens…Can you tell me which country that is? I ask for a reason not related to chickens or spiders. I’m wanting to move out of the US mainly because of the push to make VAX mandatory and GMOs, and I figured after reading your column, that if you chose another country, these are two things you’d also take into consideration.

    Reply
    • Sarah TheHealthyHomeEconomist

      Jul 10, 2015 at 11:33 am

      In our county … not country 🙂

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