On the sometimes rare occasion that I do get to weed my garden I don't really worry to much about getting bit by snakes and spiders or anything else until the grass gets about knee high. I usually have 1 or 2 dogs with me and they either run out or find and kill whatever doesn't belong in the area. I also make so much noise moaning and groaning I think it scares EVERYTHING away! LOL On a really nice neat well weeded garden I would just have a cane pole staff type thing or turn the hoe over to poke around things like watermelons, cantaloupe, and other vining plants. I still jump form hidden froggies. Last time I took the dogs with me they killed a young armadillo in the garden. I don't know which is worse, the armadillo eating or digging things up or the dead smell since we forgot to remove it! bsk@brightok.net zone 7a aka " Ranchmama " ******************************* ----- Original Message ----- From: Byron <Byron.Bromley@Gsd-Co.Com> > I hope you don't mind, but with all the poisions critters you have > how do you weed a garden with out being bit. ? > Byron