Wednesday, we were setting the last Better Boy tomatoes and some hot pepper plants out. Joe and Jenny were mulching them with wheat straw. I was at the end of the garden patch we were working on and turned around and a huge black snake was cruising by heading towards the barn.
Joe and Jenny got to hear me yelp like a girly man. After the initial shock, I grabbed it by the tail and held it up to gauge it’s length, close to 5 feet.
Jenny is a high school senior from Charlotte Latin that was doing something called “Observe and Serve” as a requirement for graduation and she came out and helped us for 3 days. We did not know what to expect from her and I am sure she felt the same way about us.
Jenny impressed us. Her first job was counting out 3,000 worms, 250 at a time into 3 gallon worm buckets working with me and Charles. .
Later in the afternoon, we ran across a big black snake behind the barn amongest the apple trees.
I caught it by the tail and held up, about 6 feet.
Wednesday, I watched a 4′ black snake meander down a post from the barn loft. I was watching it move as he slid along and headed out of the barn.
I noticed a lot of snake. As the black snake exited the barn, another bigger black snake was coming in. They entertwined briefly.
It was really cool to watch.
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