Re: CULT - Pesky gophers


lora l masche wrote:
> 
> A king snake?    It might be OK if it came out at night ONLY.  I don't
> think I would be a happy planter if I were gardening and met up with
> one.  We have rattlesnakes up here at 3,000 feet mountain country.  I've
> come very close to two of them killing both of them.  Thank goodness they
> were not in my iris beds or I would be giving up gardening.  I now am
> very careful when I pick up anything on the ground or move things around
> in the shed.

Lora,

I don't know if King snakes like 3000' or not, but if you had them
around, you would have a lot fewer rattlers. King snakes eat other
snakes as well as gophers etc, and are non-poisonous. Actually make good
pets. Want me to bring up my Red Rat snake???

John                     | "There be dragons here"
                         |  Annotation used by ancient cartographers
                         |  to indicate the edge of the known world.

John Jones, jijones@ix.netcom.com
Fremont CA, USDA zone 8/9 (coastal, bay) 
Max high 95F/35C, Min Low 28F/-2C average 10 days each
Heavy clay base for my raised beds.



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