I managed to haul a load of mulch at the last minute today. The Farm Bureau closes at 6 & it was 5:15 when I left the house. I wanted another tarp to cover the mulch & the only one left was on the ground in the barn lean-to that I had my last pile of mulch on until I used it up last fall.
I grabbed the tarp edge & lifted it up to pull it out - something was sort of hanging so I grabbed it & pulled it off (bare-handed- dumb move) - felt ‘webby’ as in spider web webby. Then I saw her a couple of inches away - a black widow spider ... yikes! I dropped the tarp but flipped it so the underside & madam spider were visible, then crushed her with my shoe. At that point, it was forget the tarp - will have to pull it out carefully & with leather gloves when I have time to de-spider it.
I drove home at 30 mph to blow as little mulch as possible out of the trailer - drove the PU truck & line of cars behind that crazy, I’m sure. The truck roared past when I turned off at my driveway.
Few people in this world understand the IMPORTANCE Of MULCH! ;)