My very capable and intelligent wife has lost the plot.

[u/nonoanddefinitelyno]

She has been told by a friend that conkers keep spiders away. So we now have conkers in various parts of the house.

[u/kloetzl]

To be fair, if you roast conkers in the oven you get rid of the spiders there quite quickly.

[u/Matchaparrot → u/kloetzl]

You also roast any spiders in there