Pacific Northwest Gardening: Who Are Your Garden Helpers Part Two, 1 by Rarejem

Rarejem wrote:
OK, found a new garden helper today. I share my garden with all creatures except slugs and snails (although, I will admit that the sharing is more grudging when it comes to the hooved varieties), but when I find a new creature, sometimes there is a short period of alarm before the enjoyment (in that sentence I am still imagining Susy with the screaming bullfrogs!). I have several large toads and a couple of snakes in my garden, but they are mostly homebodies, so I have a general idea where I may run across them. I don't know who was more startled today, me, or my new friend when I tossed alphalfa pellets on his head as he was drowsing in the sun next to the foot of one of my roses. I had never seen anything but toads in this garden until this year...what a surprise! All good with having a snake in that garden though....snakes eat slugs!!!!