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It’s those times when you least expect it that get you…….just like this morning…..I simply walked out of my back yard a little ways while the dogs played and BAM!....I’ve had it happen numerous times in the past but that was the closest I’ve ever came to stepping on one.

I was pulling a few weeds out of the garden the other day on my hands and knees….I looked over to my left and saw a good sized rat snake curled up under some vegetables just watching me. He was close enough that it startled me and got me to thinking about….”what if it had been a copperhead?” I’ve been really trying to be careful about not just blindly reaching into my garden ever since.

This is a good time to remind everyone to really watch out around these fields this time of year when the cereal grains mature and fall. That cereal grain is a major source of food for mice, birds, etc.....which in turn bring in the predators.....like snakes.