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[Image description: an eastern garter snake watches me mow the lawn from a patch of long grass]

Some of our neighbors think I'm weird for using a push mower (battery powered, charged by our solar setup) on our two acre field, but mowing slowly and stopping on a dime enables us to protect the creatures with whom we share this space

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[–] b161@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Garter snakes are such little cuties. 🥰

[–] LallyLuckFarm@beehaw.org 5 points 4 weeks ago

I love em too! This one is the biggest I've seen at our place so far, but I saw a tiny one in a different area today too