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Gardening with snakes

Living near bushland i come across snakes in my garden on a regular basis. My formally trained snake catcher neighbour tells me there are plenty of brown snakes around and has identified a few of them for me. I find the fact they are around disturbing and it does alter my gardening habits and prevent me from doing certain jobs at certain times. They are pretty skittish and if I stomp about and make my presence known they rush off and hide. In the hotter months I garden early morning or late evening mostly unless my husband is about and we have the mower or power tools out. Then I feel a bit braver. My husband has requested i dont plant pumpkins and sweet potato as ground cover as its a perfect hiding spot for them and that we have these thick bandages for immobilising a limb in case of a snake bite sitting by the back door at all times. I'd love to know tips or tricks from those of you who garden around snakes🐍. Particularly venomous ones. I just want to live in harmony with them. Preferably with them living out in the bush and not in my garden, but I have limited control over that.

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