WARNING: If you don’t like snakes . . don’t read any farther!
I was just out in the garden checking the damage . . even though I said I wasn’t even going to look at it for a few days.
Potatoes
The potatoes that weren’t covered are probably lost but tomorrow, I’m going to snip off all this part and see if they will grow new sprouts. It was supposed to be 32º last night but was 26º when I got up just before daylight. Vince and I got up a little before 2 a.m. to watch the eclipse and it was 35º then so I was still hoping that it wouldn’t drop below freezing but it did and . . life goes on. It’s supposed to be 34º tonight so I’ll just wait til tomorrow and then remove the buckets, clean up the dead and . . life goes on! Everything that was covered looks good. The strawberries don’t look bad. The asparagus looks fine. The figs are damaged but I think they will sprout back new growth.
Fig
Speaking of life going on . . this little frog better be thanking his lucky stars that I came along and that I didn’t have on my flip flops! I was wearing my boots, which happens more and more these days. I looked down . . and saw this:
Snake With a Frog
It was a ribbon snake and he was trying to eat this poor little frog so I stepped on the snake up close to his head and the frog popped out and hopped away.
Lucky Frog
I don’t know if he will survive . . whether the snake had bit him or not but at least I tried to save him.
Surely something good will come to those who step on a snake to save a frog, right?
Karen says
lol – good job Judy! I bet that frog was thankful it wasn’t dinner!
Sherrill says
HA!! OMG, that is too funny!! Did you kill the snake? I was wondering the same thing about whether or not the snake might have bitten the frog. Guess we’ll never know!
JudyL says
Did not kill the snake. It’s a ribbon snake and they’re good to have around. I guess I’m learning to be a country girl when I can admit that there are good snakes.
PegD says
Ha! Yay for saving the frog. When I first saw the headline, I thought of knitting. Wondering what you did to save “frogging” something. This turned out better than I expected. You saved an actual frog and your knitting is all ok. I have a soft spot for frogs. I have one that lives in my window-well. Has for years. I would feel so bad if he didn’t come back every year.
Rebecca in SoCal says
I was recently reading a blog by an upstate New Yorker, and her joy in hearing the “peepers” because it meant that spring had finally arrived!
Anyway, you get a frog halo. I wonder what the snake ate instead? Ooh, do they eat grasshoppers??
Dottie N. says
I HATE snakes, but, curiosity got the best of me, LOL. I bet that little froggy is thanking his lucky stars that you “stepped” in to save the day!!
Susan says
Surely something good will come to you either way. =) At least you got to see the eclipse! It was as cold here, but cloudy. =P I hope your plants will come back. I’m betting on the potatoes, for sure, simply because it wasn’t prolonged cold.
Sharon in Michigan says
I’d say the snake was in the wrong spot at the wrong time and you were in the right spot at the right time….so says the frog!
Jackie says
I’m with Dottie, hate and am terrified of snakes but I had to read on, feet in the air and teeth clenched but read on.
Marsha says
Poor snake. I hope he found something else to eat! Hope the frog is still OK
Marcy says
Sorry about the potatoes. I hope they recover! I haven’t planted mine yet, but plan to soon. Hopefully this week. You certainly did your good deed for the day. Lucky frog indeed!
Joyce says
You are braver than I am! Snakes make me jump back really high and far…I know there are good snakes, but I just don’t want to see them.
CindyM says
I’m thinking of that poor, starving snake!
sherryl says
OMG Your life is full of adventures!
Brandy M. says
“stepped in & saved the day” – hahaha!
Looks like that frog was nearly toast!! All I can see are the legs… YIKES!
Glad you walked by when you did, and glad you didn’t have on flip-flops!
🙂