Gardening at night
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: Gardening at night
- From: m*@teamzeon.com
- Date: Wed, 8 Jul 1998 16:04:25 -0400
Betty Moorman@ZEON
07/08/98 04:04 PM
You all may think I'm an awful old worry wart but I think it's chancy to
garden after dark. I have read that the pit vipers (which include
copperheads and rattlesnakes, I believe) prefer to hunt after dark because
the sensory devices in the pits on each side of their heads (hence the name
'pit vipers') can detect prey more easily than in the daytime. Something
to do with the ambient temperature being cooler in the night and this makes
it easier to find warm-blooded prey at night. I guess you could say if
you're using a light to garden by that makes it possible to see where
you're putting your hand but I wouldn't do it for anything.
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