Since early this morning while cleaning up the yard I've seen a family of skunks, several rabbits, a groundhog, and this baby garter snake decided to hide in my glove while I was taking a break.
I Love Yard Work
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Yard work is the bane of existence. Pretty snake though. 
I don't have to hear daughters arguing with power equipment running.?Yard work is the bane of existence. Pretty snake though.
I enjoy yard work after a long cold winter. Everything turns green, all the hosta starts to emerge, our cherry tree blossoms and the smell of fresh cut grass. You can't beat it.
Yard work rocks.
when I was a kid there were seemingly thousands of baby garter snakes under the neighbor’s downspout. I caught one and kept it in a ball jar for a day and fed it hamburger and whatnot. Next day I let it loose into our lilac bush. I regretted it and tried to catch it again.. little fucker turned and hissed at me so I left it alone. ?
when I was a kid there were seemingly thousands of baby garter snakes under the neighbor’s downspout. I caught one and kept it in a ball jar for a day and fed it hamburger and whatnot. Next day I let it loose into our lilac bush. I regretted it and tried to catch it again.. little fucker turned and hissed at me so I left it alone. ?
When I was a kid we would occasionally find salamanders (black with yellow spots) in our window wells after a heavy rain.
I haven't seen a salamander in many years.
I haven't seen a salamander in many years.
We used to catch waterdogs, green tree snakes, and blue racers. Haven't seen any of those in forty years. Even the June bugs are hard to find.
You can thank farmers and their horribly irresponsible use of pesticides and fertilizers.
After about 40 years of yard work, things have gone to bushwhacking. I guess I'll hire someone to beat it all back. I have more responsibilities with household stuff, and me ancient back and joints ain't what they were. I always liked it, getting out there and making it right. I think many have farming fantasies, with those little tractor-like riding mowers. It's what we did for a few thousand years, not the riding mowers but working the land. I really like that little guy sneaking out of your glove, as long as it doesn't rattle or harbor any venom. For some reason, in town, in central North Carolina, we have salamanders. Maybe they all moved to town to find work?
Hey, If ya all like it that much ya can come on over and do mine! 
I do a full acre road crew style with a string trimmer.Hey, If ya all like it that much ya can come on over and do mine!
Oh, I gotta tractor mower for ya to make it easier. ?
Lets not throw broad irresponsible statements around.
I enjoy yard work for the most part. Today was tough. Spindle shaft bent on the rider, out to the store to buy a new one, put it on, start mowing and then the belt snapped (must have gotten stretched from the last incident and then was slipping) so back to the store. So, 70 bucks and 5 hours later, I got the grass cut. Sometimes I yell at myself for buying 3 acres.
Man, I woulda taken a shovel to that thing like 20 times, and another 15 after to make sure 'twas dead.
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