[Image description: an eastern garter snake watches me mow the lawn from a patch of long grass]
Some of our neighbors think I’m weird for using a push mower (battery powered, charged by our solar setup) on our two acre field, but mowing slowly and stopping on a dime enables us to protect the creatures with whom we share this space
[Image description: this eastern garter snake is roughly two feet long, placing them firmly in the “danger noodle” category according to my wife who is not a fan of snakes]