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Hope for the spring, my foot! We are in full spring. Why am I sitting here DL-ing and reading, when I could be out cleaning out my flower beds as scheduled? Because I have just killed the first snake of spring and decided I needed a break from raking off the flower beds. My heart is still racing! Have a great day. And may all your flowerbeds be snakeless.
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debswebster
24 Apr 2013
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Yikes...that was brave. What a damper to your schedule. Maybe tomorrow then, but this time make a lot of scuffling noises to warn them you're coming armed.
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I hope your heart settles soon ans since you have snakes --may all your snakes be harmless.
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lol snakes don't bug me at all but some just hate them .Hope you never half to pile wood and grab a rat a dead one at that lol hugs
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Carolyn, that's where my first heart attack would occur! I can take snakes, but rodents just make my insides run as fast as they can to catch my skin!!!!!
Rats -- yuck!
Garter snakes don't bug me -- Rats alive or dead ALWAYS bug me! lol
Garter snakes don't bug me -- Rats alive or dead ALWAYS bug me! lol
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That's one of the reason I never had any type of garden. eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeek
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emily16838
24 Apr 2013
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Egads...snakes. Where do you live?
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On a pond in Alabama. My cats usually patrol the yard and leave scents that snakes don't appreciate.
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Had a few come to close to my hands, If you buy moth balls and toss them in the garden add a little water that will chase them away till the moth balls dissolve as long as you can put up with the smell.
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Really I must try that thankyou
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I'm so glad we don't have snakes!
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I can think of one or two................and you're not allowed to kill them either...lol
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Oh I hate snakes , so does my dog , who lets me know when they are lurking in my garden.
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I did not do flowers last year, cuz I was stiching. This year, I will have both!
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I have only seen garner snakes which eat other things I like less then the snake. But 10 miles west, rattlers!
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crafter2243
25 Apr 2013
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Yikes, yikes, yikes, Hate snakes. Here in the summer we have VOLES running back an forth. Nasty little things and they do quite a job on the grass. I hope you heart stopped racing.
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Don't blame you for taking a break.. have a nice cuppa while you download.. the flowers will still be there tomorrow
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Well, I'd rather have butterflies than snakes!!!!
A 12"+ young brown snake scuttled away from beneath my hand earlier in summer. I was told he was just passing through and I have to be satisfied with that. Why 'he'??? Because I want to believe that he was looking for a mate and not the mate looking for a nice cosy nesting spot beneath the house to have her babies!!!
AlmaG.
A 12"+ young brown snake scuttled away from beneath my hand earlier in summer. I was told he was just passing through and I have to be satisfied with that. Why 'he'??? Because I want to believe that he was looking for a mate and not the mate looking for a nice cosy nesting spot beneath the house to have her babies!!!
AlmaG.
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Oh
I live in Southern California and rattle snakes are a problem. When we first moved to our home we had open hills and no one around undeveloped land. We had coyotes, raccoons, and snakes.
I remember gardening very close to a huge one and didn't even know it. MY family gently called me and then told me. I just about fainted.
LOL :) Thank goodness we have guys on our street that take care of
it for us- they collect the rattles. Now the land is developed so not as
many if any show up.
Now its a gopher eating my plants I'm looking for. It is 95 F out there
so I'm making Pina Colada ice cream.
Hugs
Linda aka Bumblebee
I live in Southern California and rattle snakes are a problem. When we first moved to our home we had open hills and no one around undeveloped land. We had coyotes, raccoons, and snakes.
I remember gardening very close to a huge one and didn't even know it. MY family gently called me and then told me. I just about fainted.
LOL :) Thank goodness we have guys on our street that take care of
it for us- they collect the rattles. Now the land is developed so not as
many if any show up.
Now its a gopher eating my plants I'm looking for. It is 95 F out there
so I'm making Pina Colada ice cream.
Hugs
Linda aka Bumblebee
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Are you allowed to kill snakes? Here in Australia it is against the law. Large fines apply.
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I think it is a shame that you had to kill the snake. I do get scared when my little pekingese gets too near I must say but DH usually comes to the rescue and chases them away. Luckily we do not see them very often.