Garden & Gun

Hiss and Make Up

Do we have to kill all the snakes that come around?

This time of year, if you’re not seeing a snake a day, you need to get out more. We very much hope you don’t run for the hoe and murder everything, though, because, in a word: kings. King snakes and other nonvipers bring you the gift of their essential links in the food chain. You want that elegant

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