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 Bodark apples
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11/07/19 12:03 AM
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uncle_bagster
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Anyone ever scatter these around your house? They are supposed to keep spiders away.
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Re: Bodark apples
[Re: uncle_bagster]
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11/07/19 12:27 AM
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spacejunkie
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Are these the same as horse apples? If so yes and it works.
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Re: Bodark apples
[Re: uncle_bagster]
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11/07/19 01:40 AM
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skeeter175
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Yep them is horse apples,got a bunch of them laying around if you wanna keep spiders away.
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Re: Bodark apples
[Re: uncle_bagster]
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11/07/19 03:08 AM
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Billy Blazer 300 HPDI
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No but I sure threw a bunch of them as a kid. Its a wonder we didn't kill each other having horse apple fights!!!!
Thanks, Billy
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Re: Bodark apples
[Re: Billy Blazer 300 HPDI]
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11/07/19 12:50 PM
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hopalong
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No but I sure threw a bunch of them as a kid. Its a wonder we didn't kill each other having horse apple fights!!!! we made large sling shots from inner tubes tied between two trees and fired them into a pasture, good times.
Last edited by hopalong; 11/07/19 12:51 PM.
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Re: Bodark apples
[Re: uncle_bagster]
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11/07/19 01:52 PM
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JCG57
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Good news - they supposedly repel roaches.
Bad news - they most definitely attract squirrels.
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Re: Bodark apples
[Re: uncle_bagster]
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11/07/19 02:24 PM
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Chevy4dr57
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Google info:
What started as old wives’ tales now seem to be established as scientific facts. The issue involved is whether horse apples from the bois d’arc tree (also known as Osage orange and by many other names) can repel cockroaches, silverfish, moths, spiders, skunks, armadillos, and the likes.
Jim Ainsworth, Commerce, spread horse apples around the perimeter of a barn infested by skunks and opossums. Both species went into hiding in other locales, and the skunks stopped spraying around his barn. Ainsworth shouts, “Amen!” to the claim that horse apples control cricket colonies. Others praise the fruit for driving away skunks and armadillos finding refuge under their pier and beam home foundations.
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Re: Bodark apples
[Re: JCG57]
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11/07/19 03:13 PM
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UGLYSHCTICK
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Good news - they supposedly repel roaches.
Bad news - they most definitely attract squirrels.
I pick squirrels
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Re: Bodark apples
[Re: uncle_bagster]
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11/07/19 05:36 PM
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David Welcher
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Bois Dar'k is the hardest wood in North America.
Most all wagon wheels were made from Bois Dar'k wood because of its strength and durability. Even after it's cut it's strength last most longer than any other trees. Indians prized it for making bows. Early settlers and pioneers prized them as well for making bowls and they would transplant them as much as they could. They are an ugly tree.
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Re: Bodark apples
[Re: uncle_bagster]
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11/07/19 06:02 PM
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Westside.
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Another interesting fact about the Bois d'Arc is early pioneer land surveyors made stakes out of them for use as property corners as they last a very long time, we still occasionally find them and they are treated like gold.
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Re: Bodark apples
[Re: uncle_bagster]
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11/07/19 06:33 PM
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CCTX
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mapquest
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Bois d' Arc also make the best brushpiles; which is why I'm saddened to hear they are clearing so many out of that new reservoir.
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