Karen, I'm doing my best to fence out the snakes. I don't mind the non-poisonous snakes at all. I had a 3 foot long gopher snake in my daylily garden all year last year. I named him Bob. He just kind of hung out, and never fussed at me, so he was welcome to stay. The rattlesnakes are not welcome. Two of our dogs got bit last year, and it was horrifying. We get snake vaccines for them, so they did fine, but it was on a Sunday night, and the ER vet in the city is an hour away. Got there really fast that night! I was just lucky that I didn't get bit also, because it was a huge snake, and it didn't rattle when I went to pick the raspberries. Found out that they were attracted to the bunnies that got into the garden, so I've fenced them out too. I'm quite positive that a snake will get snagged up in the fence if it tries to get in. I was a nervous wreck over it last year, and I don't want to be nervous in my own garden! So, that was the main reason that I insist on the raspberries being moved, and right in line behind that is because they are going to take over the daylilies.
