Texas Gardening: My guest for lunch, 1 by marydil51

marydil51 wrote:
Today at noon my dog Molly was barking towards my flower bed. When she does that you better go investigate and see what she sees. She never lets you down because in the flower bed was our first for the year, a large Blue Indigo Snake. Aren't they beautiful? I know they are a snake and the motto "The only good snake is a dead snake." can be a real good saying at times but we are used to them. We have been out here in the country since 1984 and have seen our share of snakes. Sorry for you snake lovers but if it is a rattlesnake the above motto stands. I've seen those snakes and their babies and dens they call home. NOT AT MY HOUSE. Anyway, here is a picture of the snake. We just let it be and pretty soon it was having lunch at my house uninvited at that!!!!!! The poor frog! I think that is the frog that gets in my outside shoes at times and scares me to death when I slip my foot in the shoe. I thought some of you would love seeing this snake. In Texas you are not suppose to kill them. They eat other snakes AND frogs. I have to tell you the first time we saw one was when my oldest son was 16 years old. He is 32 now. Well, I come home from work and he is standing in the yard waiting for me with a 6 foot indigo snake. He have gotten on the lawn mower to mow and that snake came out from under the mower. Of course, scared him to death and he went and shot it. We are alot smarter now but at the time he was so proud. We have seen them maybe 4 or 5 times in one year and then not see one for several years.
Mary D.