Blaze & Daze

Jeffislovinlife

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2 years ago it was 1 or 2 baby snakes, then last year I believe 3....I know one of then was in my kitchen...and he didn't get to stay for dinner.

For those of you not up on the saga, 2 years ago I installed a gas fireplace into the old masonry one, and some holes were drilled through the concrete and brick, and since then there have been baby snakes getting in, in August. Oh and I did find adults living in the basement area of the chimney. It's like a small crawlspace under the fireplace.

I did a bunch of sealing last Fall. That's why I need to go clean my basement mess up...Too many hiding places currently!! And a tent now- More hiding places. The babies are usually searching for water I think...They don't really hide! I sure hope mama isn't in here somewhere!! Luckily they are harmless, but...

I am not a fan.
Did you ever seal up them stairs?
 

laddyd

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Random observations from our trip to Texas.
It's hard to see where you're going in a car when you are surrounded by large pickup trucks.
I have never been to a place that displays the state flag everywhere. Did we forget where we are?
You want good sausage, go to the hill country, yum yum.
You can pretty much go as fast as you want, carry a gun however you want but you can't smoke pot?
I highly recommend Roswell NM as a place to stay when leaving Texas heading west. Our hotel was cheap and comfortable, had a great mexican restaurant across the parking lot and a dispensary a half a block away.
It was good to get back to the cozy confines of a legal state.
My plants exploded while I was away, time to transplant to their final SIP pots.
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StareCase

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CALENDAR ALARM!

It's time to mix six different nutes into the 4L of water and feed the ladies in the tent. Tomorrow we rinse & repeat with the outdoor girls. Yes folks ... six different nutes! I told you that my feed regimen was tiring.

And to add even more to my exhaustion, the Blue Lab pH pen needs calibration first.
 

laddyd

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King snakes are great to have around because of them taking care of rattlers. I guess they are pretty much everywhere in the US. I had one that was brown and white instead of black, it's a natural color morph. The last time my dad saw it it was about 6' long.
We had two of them in our yard at the same time. I couldn't be happier. Our small auxiliary dog was bitten by a rattlesnake in our back yard a few years back. He survived. Since the king snakes have been making an appearance we haven't had any more rattlesnakes, or ground squirrels either I'm afraid.
 
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