Author Archives: WillK

What a disappointing summer – for spiders and for us. We all suffered the erratic weather that confused birds, bees, bugs andSPIDERS. Hungry birds prefer juicy spider eggs and young spiders. No amount of searching would bring back the spiders … Continue reading →

I’m writing this on April 21 and it’s snowing today. Nevertheless, this year we’re full of hope and grateful for having made it through another unpredictable winter. But where are the spiders, the flies and the bees usually buzzing around … Continue reading →

It was with a lot of  anxiety that we opened the  Spider Web Farm this year.  Again this year’s hard frost a day after our eggs hatched sent the spiderlings looking for warm shelter and a lot of climbing to … Continue reading →

The Knights and our spiders have been lazy this strange year. But some of us have getting back in the swing of things, most notably our spiders.. Beginning this month we now have a supply of webs to sell into … Continue reading →

What a long winter but we’re finally watching some spider eggs fattening up for life outside the egg.  All of us here at the Spider Web Farm are anxious about our summer and our connection with the outside world.   We’re … Continue reading →

We thought summer would never get here but although late we had our first spider egg hatch on the solstice. I don’t blame the spiders for staying put. What a strange year! Our little weavers took their sweet time in … Continue reading →

What a year this has been.  Winter was gray, snowy and without much of a break from the cold and spring isn’t working out that much better.  We finally found some signs of spring and need good sunny week to … Continue reading →

  We did it!    After a very long and uncertain start the Spider Web Farm doors swung open and we sold our very first newly collected webs in August.  Will would have been so proud. Now as we close the … Continue reading →

Our brief web collecting season is too quickly coming to a close. We were hopeful but uncertain as we put up the racks in the spring. We were anxious as we transplanted our spider eggs after a long winter and … Continue reading →

Summer is here at Spider Web Farm.  We have web racks hanging, our spiders are working and we have something of a store  but we are not quite up to full speed. Too many obstacles so far and it will … Continue reading →