[NAFEX] RE: Orchard Dogs
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Thu Feb 5 01:04:19 EST 2004
On Feb 5, 2004, at 2:36 AM, Rick Valley wrote:
>
>> Any opinions regarding snakes? How about providing suitable
>> overwintering structures? I think Corn snakes, Rat snakes and Blue
>> Racers are pretty cool. I'll take a pass on pit vipers, though.
>
> It's pretty tacky looking, but snakes love black plastic. The only
> thing
> better is black plastic over a compost heap.
> For overwintering? Dry stone walls, and trenches filled with woody
> debris.
> Here in W. Oregon the top two snakes to have would be gopher snakes and
> rubber boas; the garter snakes and little sharp-tailed snakes eat
> slugs, so
> they're good garden snakes.
>
> -Rick
Alas, my cat likes to kill snakes. Any suggestions to help out the
snakes? She also kills a lot of chipmunks, and scares the birds away
from my berries, so I'd like to let her keep roaming the garden.
Ginda
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