Snake In The Grass
Christopher CNC
3 years ago
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Favorite New Acquisitions This Year
Comments (16)oohh goodness - that is a hard question. But if I must name just a few - here goes. For rapid increase and ever blooming status - the blue ribbon goes to SPECIAL CANDY For ability to settle in quickly and send up a scape within two weeks of arrival - the blue ribbon goes to HALF MOON KEY Tis a stretch of the rules - but since this is a new seedling to bloom this year - it could be considered a new acquisition. Blue ribbon for the favorite bonus plant of the season goes to BUBBA ON TOUR - a blooming maniac that was extremely fertile to boot! And last but not least - my favorite new pink this year goes to PINK ALOHA Shelly...See MoreAnyone started 2011 orders yet?
Comments (42)ooh, Baileycat! Gossards..*goes green* Hurrah! I'm trying out more of his things and am willing to pay the $$ (within reason) because I'm trying to go for things with high bud counts and great reblooming to get more outof the season...and I need the winter hardiness (it gets depressing to lose so many over the winter when I worked so hard for "flower spending $$) I splurged on "Supermodel" and "Tornado Bird" and also got on LA "Lemon Parchment", Primal Scream, and Broadway Charmer,Westbourne Easter Egg Hunt and Westbourne Snow Cream . I really want Snake in the Grass, Boo! and Shark Attack ..hope they have some left! I'm trying to hold back as I also have a ridiculous amount of seedlings from last year's thinking "wow! I can buy millions of seeds for the same price as daylilies".. butmost of them are buried in small containers feet deep in snow, so I guess we'll see what survives the winter :)...See Moregarter snake behavior
Comments (5)At 7000 ft in elevation, it would only be a Western Terrestrial (Wandering) Gartersnake (T. elegans). Checkered Gartersnakes are a lowlands snake. Furthermore, Checkered Gartersnakes don't get into Colorado. There is a nice discussion of CO snakes here - http://www.coloradoherping.com/species-guide.html My experience with T. elegans is limited to a dozen or so encounters in NM/AZ, but most of the ones I encountered were fairly docile. Of course, it felt it was being attacked by a dog (i.e. a dog approached it, even with the best of intentions) it would very likely strike defensively, as would any smaller animal, even a kitten. It isn't the snake being aggressive, it is the snake being afraid of the giant potential predators that are approaching it and doing the only thing it can to protect itself. You would probably react the same way....See MoreSnakes in the bathroom
Comments (46)Venomous snakes have a triangular shaped head (from ears to nose) and non venomous snakes have a more rounded (or spoon shaped) head. Your construction snake looks like a black king snake. They eat rats. They are your friends. We had one living in a tree hole next to our porta potty during construction. Black king snake, non venomous, rounded head: Timber rattlesnake, venomous, triangular head: Rattlesnake that got in my way (54", 9 rattles). My sister told me how to skin it. My DH would not even touch it. He's hanging in the den now (the snake, not DH...although.... ;) ) Really ticks me off when he kills the non venomous snakes in our yard. We have a large garter snake living near our front veranda. He is eating my frogs, which is bothering me, but I told DH not to kill him. 15yo boy down the street shot/killed a 13 rattlers snake taller than he is a few weeks ago....See MoreChristopher CNC
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