My uncle has like 150+ acres (in his attempt at manifest destiny) about 20 miles south of Binghampton. Last winter, we took a bunch of the old sheets of metal from the roof of some abandoned barn and layed them out next to his shed. By the time spring came we had a "snake garden" as my dad referred to it. The grass under the metal died and decomposed over the winter leaving dirt under them. the perfect place for a snake to heat up in the morning. We caught snakes by the dozens each day.