Everything is looking so abundant! I like the idea of the sweet potatoes planted between other plants. I hadn't thought of snakes getting in there, though. Now I'm going to be worrying when I weed among my own sweet potatoes. 😅 We don't often get snakes in our garden, but I know we have on occasion. I once saw a king brown disappearing around the corner of the house. They are the most venomous ones in our state. 😱
I'd love to see you commenting a bit more. That way people will get to know you and you'll have more views on your own posts.
King browns are not the kind of fellas you want to run into while digging up your potatoes, whether sweet or not. I haven't seen a snake for a good while, but I know that when summer comes around, they'll be lurking.
Tell me about it! I only even noticed this guy because a blackbird was creating a ruckus over it. I never complain about these birds making a mess in my garden any more.
Oh of course, the birds do send up alarm calls for snakes. That's great that you took note of it, most people don't even recognize that when they hear it.
My quails have helped me to be alert to that sort of thing more. Whenever they hear alarm calls for birds of prey they all charge for cover or stay stock still if they think their camouflage is good enough. They are in an enclosed aviary, so they are safe, but instinct knows no different.
Oh shame man, I can imagine that must scare them, they would be easy pickings for a bird of prey out in the open. I've always liked quails, but I've heard they are difficult to keep compared to bigger birds, so I never had any when I had my aviary. I'm somewhat sad about that now, I doubt I'll have the opportunity again 😕
I've always found them very easy to keep. Although the Japanese quails, which we currently have, aren't long lived (3-5 years). I have them in a large run with approximately 8ft fences and the aviary wire also covers the top. They could fly over that height if really startled, but they rarely reach the roof even then. We used to have some bob white quails when we just had the aviary. They flew even better! 😅
Thanks for your support and advice! I'll try to do so.