In between all my other work, I am reclaiming the flower beds, and each time I make my weed piles a bit higher (or more of them).
One day I decided to go rake them into one large pile and guess who greeted me under one of them?
Made you look, didn't I? Ha ha!
Meet Mom snake and one of her 4 babies. Yes, I said 4. They are non-venoumous, and very useful for pest control, but oh my gosh, they can scare the livin' pants off me.
This is their home. Smack dab next to the rock border around my very front flower bed, and where I typical get down on my knees to weed. Sigh...I digress.
I have put the weed pile back to draw them all out again, and safely and kindly, re-home them. However, they are still there. I just haven't had a moment where Hubby, aka "snake catcher" can move them for me.
Yes, I know they eat grasshoppers, moths and crickets, but not so often will they eat a field mouse. Mostly insects.
They'll just have to dine elsewhere now. They did their job all summer, but now they must take a hike.
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