How to Setup Terrarium for Checkered Garters?

[drache]

I HATE dealing with mites and do not wish anything to help these damn things breed..like soil or real wood. I think I still have mites because of the Organic way I have been dealing with it...

I'd say that's only partially true
it's entirely possible to get rid of mites the "organic" way - it's just a heck of a lot more labour intensive, and despite my convictions I myself couldn't do it with the amount of snakes I have
I used the provent-a-mite the first time when I had an outbreak that kept coming back, and one of my snakes actually ended up dying; my friend who lent me his told me that he pre-treats his substrate, so I've been doing that and then I switched most of my snakes to cage carpet.
and I'm sorry, if I came across as forceful about treating for mites, but from your first post it wasn't entirely clear whether you were treating at all. somehow your wording gave me the impression that you weren't doing quite enough - I apologize for my assumption