College Hill Farm

  I don’t know if the term was coined by the Farmers Almanac – yes I buy one every year – or if it has some other origin. When I was a kid my Grandfather always said that during dog days snakes always shed their skin and are blind and more likely to bite than run away. To be honest other than identifying local snake species and knowing whether they are venomous or not I have no idea about their other functions. I know they eat smaller stuff and are good for our environment and I don’t kill non poisonous snakes. But, I don’t know anything much about their anatomy or functions. Although, I do find a lot of snake skins here at College Hill Farm in July. Now Dog days runs from July 3 rd through August the 11 th . It has nothing to do with dogs on earth but dogs in the heavens. Canis Major is the Greater Dog Constellation and the brightest star in that constellation is Sirius – actually the brightest star in all our sky except for the sun. During “Dog Days” this star appears in the same