Re: Snakes in the garden
- Subject: Re: Snakes in the garden
- From: B*@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 12 May 2002 09:09:01 EDT
In a message dated 5/12/02 12:17:24 AM Eastern Daylight Time, ECPep@aol.com
writes:
> I am encouraging snakes and it is hard for me because I don't like snakes.
> They move quickly and turn up when you least expect them. A coop/ext.
> bulletin says they assist in returning the balance of nature in the garden.
>
> Hence, no killing of snakes here, even the big ones that hide under the
> rain
> barrels and scare the wits out of me. At the end of this summer, I want an
> acounting of the number of mice they have killed.
===>Coming upon a big snake unexpectedly is certainly startling. A couple
years ago we heard clatter coming from inside the garden shed. Opened the
door to find two big blacksnakes suspended from a pole that hung out over a
shelf near the ceiling, entwined and writing in sexual ecstasy. The pole was
bouncing around knocking other things off the shelf. It was almost mystical!
I've seen blacksnakes eat moles too, not just mice, so I definitely encourage
and protect all blacksnakes! Fortunately I'm in an area where poisonous
snakes are rare, so I don't worry about that.
Bill Lee
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