Cellar and Basement tanking is a great way to waterproof your basement, If you ever decide to go through with a cellar conversion (or basement conversion). Cellar tanking makes your cellar waterproof, which is important if you want to use the room for any living activities. How do you tankRead More →
Root vegetables such as carrots, potatoes, beets, parsnips, rutabagas, and turnips are typically stored in a root cellar. The environment is ideal for storing jars of canned or pickled vegetables and the bulbs or rhizomes of perennial flowers as well. What is the best way to keep beets? Once you’veRead More →
The most common species we encountered were cobweb spiders and cellar spiders. Both build webs where they lie in wait for prey to get caught. Cellar spiders sometimes leave their webs to hunt other spiders on their turf, mimicking prey to catch their cousins for dinner. Do house spiders eatRead More →
What Eats Brown Recluse Spiders? In the wild, brown recluse spiders have a number of natural predators, including: Wolf spiders. Crickets. What keeps brown recluse spiders away? Apply essential oils. Peppermint oil, lavender, and tea tree oil are also thought to be effective. You can easily make a DIY sprayRead More →