Red Bellied Water Snake

Another not so welcome visitor to the garden this week is this water snake http://srelherp.uga.edu/snakes/nerery.htm
Here it is emerging from the downspout extension that helped to keep the pond filled.

 Red bellied water snakes come every year to the pond & eat the fish & frogs so we decided to do away with the pond. They are not venomous but what's the point of having a pond when the fish are eaten on a regular basis.

Two yards of hardwood mulch has filled about two thirds of the pond. I punctured the liner about a foot down the sides & we will let that settle my plan is to create a bog garden & hopefully still have frogs but all the immature tadpole / polywogs I am afraid were sacrificed.