Conkers ...

[TheOstrich]

No, they are for display - honest! We do it every year and add some acorns and hazelnuts if we can. They make a lovely "autumn display". Then at Christmas time, on the other side of the hearth, we have a bowl of scented fir-cones ...

Mrs O has been experimenting. She has coated half a dozen in L'Oreal Elvive hair-spray to see if they will retain their shiny-ness. First signs are quite encouraging. And forget my earlier estimate of 30, it seems we picked up just over 60 ....

[Workingman]

For disbelievers I can confirm that bowls of horse chestnuts placed around the house keeps away daddy longlegs and spiders. They look good too.

[Kaz]

I know they do Frank

Ossie let us know if the L'Oreal works, after all the conkers are worth it

[JoM]

Found some chestnuts this morning but they were too small to bother with.

[Cal]

We went conkering on Tuesday, we do it every year. Sadly this year I had to sit in my wheelchair while poor M had to pick them up! We also pu them in bowls around the house to deter the blankety blank spiders. They were falling off the tree as I sat there, I love taking them out of their spikey overcoats!

[Kaz]

Oh that bit is fun, I liked that too

Hope it keeps Incey Wincey away Cal