Re: CULT - Pesky gophers
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- Subject: Re: CULT - Pesky gophers
- From: J* I* J* <j*@ix.netcom.com>
- Date: Tue, 25 Mar 1997 23:18:20 -0700 (MST)
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.