We have a weed growing that my husband calls snake weed. Any idea's on how
to get rid of this thing?

rayburn wrote:

We have a weed growing that my husband calls snake weed. Any idea's on how
to get rid of this thing?



I don't like to use herbicides but it may be needed to get rid of snake
weed. Do a search with google or your favorite search engine. There is
lots of information on the net.

Around here, we don't have snake weed but we do have lots of real snakes
like these: http://members.iglou.com/brosen/snakes.htm
--
Bill R. (Ohio Valley, U.S.A)

Gardening for over 40 years

To see pictures from my garden visit http://members.iglou.com/brosen

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Great pictures! I'll take snakes over weeds any day. Great for pest
management too. I bet you have very few mice!

Jacqui

axemanchris wrote:
Great pictures! I'll take snakes over weeds any day. Great for pest
management too. I bet you have very few mice!

Jacqui



Thanks.

The snakes are harmless Gardner snakes. They do eat a lot of bugs and I
haven't seen a mouse around here in years. The kids get a great kick
out of them too.
--
Bill R. (Ohio Valley, U.S.A)

Gardening for over 40 years

To see pictures from my garden visit http://members.iglou.com/brosen

Digital Camera - Pentax *ist DL

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Bill R wrote in
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The snakes are harmless Gardner snakes. They do eat a lot
of bugs and I haven't seen a mouse around here in years.
The kids get a great kick out of them too.

GARTER snakes, or possibly ribbon snakes. there is no such
snake as a gardner snake
and garter snakes don't eat mice. they eat insects, worms &
(unfortunately) toads & frogs. you have some other variety of
snake to thank for your lack of mice. considering your
location, i'd guess milk snakes.
lee being pendantic
--
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since it is marriage between the state and business"
- Benito Mussolini

enigma wrote:

Bill R wrote in
:


The snakes are harmless Gardner snakes. They do eat a lot
of bugs and I haven't seen a mouse around here in years.
The kids get a great kick out of them too.


GARTER snakes, or possibly ribbon snakes. there is no such
snake as a gardner snake
and garter snakes don't eat mice. they eat insects, worms &
(unfortunately) toads & frogs. you have some other variety of
snake to thank for your lack of mice. considering your
location, i'd guess milk snakes.
lee being pendantic

You are technically correct (their true name is garter snake). In many
parts of the country they are called garden or gardner snakes and that
is what us old timers call them here.

And they do eat small rodents. Years ago I saw a rather large one with
a big lump in his throat and a mouse tail sticking out of its mouth.
--
Bill R. (Ohio Valley, U.S.A)

Gardening for over 40 years

To see pictures from my garden visit http://members.iglou.com/brosen

Digital Camera - Pentax *ist DL

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