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.

After the horror of last night’s news, I took to the one place I find the most solace - the garden. Our gardens are a reminder of the beauty in our world, despite the failure of humans to demonstrate it. We were created to love one another so it is disturbing to see imported warfare on our country soil. Sanity is found in the sounds of the birds, displays of beautiful flowers, the generosity of produce, and happy bees going about life, oblivious to the chaos of man. This is my oasis but also an example of order. We were created to be fruitful and an expression of love. How can we not garden, if only to witnesses how to live more harmoniously.

@Marty Ware @Steve Thomas and myself would like all members to be involved in sharing what your Planting, Growing or Harvesting in your backyard. Please share photos or videos here in this new category or on this post. Marty is going to run a vlog along side this and Steve is going to help encourage and inspire all members to be involved. PS - If anyone is unsure of how to post photos or videos feel free to message me. I’m more than happy to help.