Beauty Farming Life

OK, I told y'all there was a snake story from the weekend... Garter snake under porch I was sitting in the rocker on the porch and I reached down to pick up my cup which was sitting on the porch floor.  I saw something move under the chair... It moved in and out between the boards... Garter snake closeup ...and poked its head out for a quick picture.  This is a garter snake and they are pretty harmless, at least from what we've read.   And while I couldn't get a picture, the next day, when I went out on the porch in the morning sunshine, this same snake was on the porch railing, hanging off both sides, in the warm sunshine.  So apparently, "porch is home".   Sigh... What about you?   Is a small, harmless snake better than a big one?   Or is a snake a snake regardless of size and/or threat?

View out the master bedroom window at the farm It was a gray and rainy day.  But we got some inside stuff done so that's always a good day.  Moved some stuff around, put up a shelf, cleaned (where DO all the dead bugs come from in a week?), and checked the garden.  The automatic watering (not counting rain, since today was the first rain all week) is doing great and the plants are starting to grow.  Yesterday was the wedding, whirlwind day but so much fun.  2nd Man's family is SO amazing.  More on the cakes we made later in the week. Wild Crinum On Friday, blogged about the wild crinum growing in ditches.  I thought I'd get a better picture.  Check these out!  More bloomed since the last time I photographed them.  As you can see, they just grow in ditches, and pop up all along the sides of the road. More wild crinum So many more blooms.  After the blooming period is done, I'd like to try digging up...