There will be no need to use pesticides because you can potentially kill all the wildlife in your yard. I would manually (use you hards) to weed out the lawn. Keep your yard mowed and no piles or sticks, wood, metal, any other debris should be in your yard. This might not get rid of all the snakes, but if there are snakes earby the house they will most likely be the less dangerous ones. There are many snakes that you probably do not see that live in your garden. Many of these snakes do not grow longer than a foot and are not venomous. Many of these little snakes don't bite or if they did you would not even know they did because their mouths are so tiny. Many of these snakes eat precisely what eats your plants. Slugs and snails are commonly eaten by these small snakes.



The main thing is if you keep your yard an area where mice do not want to live then you will be pretty much free of venomous snakes (no piles and cut grass). Most venomous snakes eat mice in AL. Of course there are many more harmless species that eat mice too. At any case I'd invest in a field guide. I like Peterson's Field Guide to Central and Eastern Reptiles and Amphibians. If you do not know what a snake is do not bother it. If it venomous and you try to kill it with a stick then you might ge bitten, but if you let it go on its merry way you will most likely not see it again.
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