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Re: Steve's bugs

I pulled some old black plastic mulch out of my garden today.  Six baby
garter snakes underneath, in various stages of torpor.  It got up to 65
deg F this afternoon so I'm sure they're OK.

Steve  (Maritime...)

Isabelle Hayes wrote:
> 
>   Can anyone confirm my suspicions or tell I'm out
> >in left field about the snakes eating the slugs and snails?
> 
> Not that I'm any kind of expert on the subject, but I have read in many
> different places that garter snakes should be seen as a gardener's ally, as
> they are among the few animals that will eat slugs.  In addition to rock
> piles, it's been written that they like to stay in the black plastic that is
> made into trash bags.
> 
> Isabelle Hayes, zone 5
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