Last summer sighting
scaly serpent slithering
lickety split …
… gone.
Check out this tongue!
This is our resident garter snake. It, or its doppelgänger, has been hanging around the garden since we first moved in 13 years ago. While walking through the dewy grass one morning this summer, I felt a ticklish sensation as a snake’s scaly body wriggled across my foot. Snakes are very beneficial to gardens because they help keep undesirable small pests in check. A few years back I found a complete snake skin stuck between some low branches the snake must have squeezed through in order to shed its skin.
What critters slither around your garden?
in cahoots with muddy boots 
A resident snake you mean Sabine? Gosh, I’m afraid of snakes.
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Yes Arlene, a resident snake! This one is harmless and won’t hurt anyone human. I imagine you have much larger and even poisonous snakes where you are.
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I don’t know Sabine, I haven’t seen one in so many years.
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I only see snakes at home, and occasionally in the woods. 😊
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I love your posts but couldn’t read this one. Sorry. Especially since I’m headed to bed soon. I’ll have nightmares. I gave the garden snakes in the back yard wide birth. There aren’t many anymore.
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Sleep tight Marlene! 😉
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Oh my – I might have had a heart attack if a snake slithered across my foot Sabine!
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It was over so quickly there might not be enough time to react Linda. I’m just happy to see them because it means my garden is a healthy environment.
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That is true too Sabine – I’ve never seen a snake out in the garden and I hope I never do, even if it means the garden is in tip-top shape. 🙂
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Oh I love him. A helpful good luck snake!
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Yes, a good luck snake! Hadn’t thought of it that way, but I’m glad he lives here! Thanks for reading Cindy! 😊
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We’ve had a lot of bull snakes this year. 🙂
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Bull snakes I’m unfamiliar with and will have to google them!
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Hey Sabine, I know snakes are beneficial in the garden, but they definitely creep me out! 😳 have a great week!
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Lots of people get creeped out by them Missy 😉 As long as they’re not poisonous I enjoy seeing them around. I hope you have a good week too!
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