So as I get older I am more at peace with the spiders, as long as they don't come near me, or don't try and live in my house and living areas... Any other bugs, insects, arachnids etc I am fine with! Even had a centipede as a pet once, his name was Skittles, until I released him back into the garden knowing thats where he belonged
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I think I got a little off track, so I am new to gardening I don't mind getting my hands dirty and every time I find a worm I give it a name and relocate him temporarily so don't accidently kill/squash if I am working in a certain area. But anyways gloves help when I come across spiders, I allow them to be, live among the plants as that is where their home is, and they can help keep other bugs in check and stuff. But when I come across them its the fight or flight instinct, I always have the flight instint when it comes to spiders, the bigger the spider the worse it is, they make me jump or I may freeze for a moment in fear.
Wondering if anyone else have something similar and if so how do you deal with it? Coming across these arachnids? I don't want my weeds getting out of control around my flowers but when I see spiders I generally try and advoid that area but then I get a lil annoyed because I know I need to do some things around those plants...
I am currently in the Netherlands most spiders are not very big and they are all harmless but the arachnophobia is always there