Mid-Atlantic Gardening: Too Many Ravenous Rabbits This Year!!!, 1 by Gitagal

Gitagal wrote:
Stormy,

I had a black snake one summer--I wish I had one back again. Yes, the thought of it finding some way into my house did occur to me--as I think it lived under my front, concrete porch. The ground under it had settled and there were openings where the porch met the ground. I was afraid that somewhere, between all those cinder blocks there would be a gap....NOT really likely...BUT.....

I have lived here for 38 years and NEVER seen a snake until that one Summer about 3 years ago. I just looked over and saw this black "branch" in my grass. Went to see and almost freaked out! it was a snake!!!! I ran in and grabbed a camera ans followed it around for an hour and a half.
To my surprise, it started climbing into my old Juniper bush. I got between the house and the bush and tried to see it. Then, all of a sudden, I saw TWO heads. Someone was in there already--waiting.....So they were all twisted around each other--"doing their thing" and then they both slithered down and crawled in under my porch.
I had visions of a whole lot of baby black snakes the following year--but I have never seen any since.

Now--my neighbor (on the other side) are gone to Spain and their SIL and kids were over and said they saw a big, black snake twisted around the legs of one of their patio chairs.
They have a huge Fig tree right there. I wonder if it lives in it????? Do they eat Figs? I want to pick some when they get ripe, but I sure don't want a snake falling on my head......

Anyway--Here's the snake I saw.....Didn't care for me bending over it--camera in hand--but a nice picture.....