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My plantings above this rock wall have gotten weedier and weedier ever since I discovered a copperhead amidst them. It had been weeks since we last saw it and I'd begun to hope that it had died of gunshot wounds after disappearing into a crevice.
Encouraged by this hope and invigorated by the cooler weather, I took my hoe and went to attack the weeds. My procedure was to poke around with the hoe in the area I planned to weed, keeping an eye out for any slithery movement and then, after seeing none, to plunge in and pull weeds.
After about a half an hour of cautious weeding, I was nearing the area where the copperhead was last seen. Poke, poke--SONOFAGUN!!!-- there it was, heading for the same place it disappeared last time.
Reader, I took my hoe and hacked the poor critter to death, kinda like that woman in the BC comics. I really felt bad about it--but that's just too close to the house for comfort.
Of course, there may be more. Cautious weeding will continue.
5 comments:
Oh my, how exciting...you are a brave woman who fought a deadly predator. Glad that you were the one who survived. Yes to taking an aggressive stance to protect your loved ones.
I feel like I should send you a Wonder Woman card or something!
That is definitely too close to the house, especially with Josie!
I'm with you. Live and let live, but not that close to the house. I need to do some planting above our rock walls. It looks lovely.
Yikes - you are a whole lot braver than me. We have a large grass snake living in the compost heap and although I know it is harmless I've not added to the compost since discovering it!
Good on ya! Black snakes, yes; copperheads, NO!
Have a friend who nearly died when one caught her on the back of her hand - all for pulling a weed.
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