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![]() By mcash70 | Build a toad house to encourage toads to stay in your garden, I used a clay pot saucer and a couple of rocks and located it in a cool shady area. [View the item] |
plantladylin Feb 3, 2012 7:33 PM CST |
I agree, it's great to encourage toads and frogs to live in your garden. They are just as important as attracting birds to the garden ... they eat lots of insects that might otherwise eat your plants! ~ Playing in the dirt is my therapy ... and I'm in therapy a lot! ~ |
mcash70 Feb 3, 2012 8:49 PM CST |
Lin, I love to see toads in the garden, they are so great because they eat the bugs that come out at night to eat your plants. ![]() ![]() ![]() |
ssgardener Feb 3, 2012 9:08 PM CST |
How do I get toads and frogs in the first place? I'd love to have them! |
mcash70 Feb 3, 2012 9:29 PM CST |
My neighbor had some, and my sister had a bunch so I asked sis to capture one for me and she did, I brought it home and it stayed in my garden all summer. ![]() ![]() ![]() |
jmorth Feb 4, 2012 1:53 AM CST |
Just got to love those toads...![]() ![]() ![]() Nothing that's been done can ever be changed. |
Maridell Feb 4, 2012 9:23 AM CST |
This is something I can find a place for, cool idea! Pun was not intended but there it is ![]() |
mcash70 Feb 4, 2012 10:21 AM CST |
Nice shots of the toads Jmorth. |
quietyard Feb 4, 2012 3:46 PM CST |
Good idea, Margaret. ![]() ![]() " And the Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden" Genesis 2:8 |
Marilyn Feb 4, 2012 4:10 PM CST |
mcash70 said:Nice shots of the toads Jmorth. ![]() ![]() Toads are always a welcomed site to me in my garden! ![]() ![]() ![]() |
mcash70 Feb 4, 2012 5:10 PM CST |
Thanks everyone for your comments. ![]() ![]() Linda sorry you don't have the toads anymore. ![]() |
tabby Feb 4, 2012 5:23 PM CST |
I don't know if the toads will use it, but I made a little toad house out of leftover hypertufa this year:![]() We have toads all over the place here. They often dig holes under my plants to hide and keep cool in the daytime. Here's one of the toads: ![]() |
tabby Feb 4, 2012 5:27 PM CST |
Jmorth, I'm fairly certain that your first picture is of a leopard frog. They're sometimes tan like that. The other two are definitely toads. I have a LOT leopard frogs in my water gardens. |
mcash70 Feb 4, 2012 5:33 PM CST |
Tabby I love your toad house, so cute. ![]() ![]() |
jmorth Feb 4, 2012 5:35 PM CST |
Thanks for the clarification. Nothing that's been done can ever be changed. |
crittergarden Feb 9, 2012 11:01 AM CST |
Thanks for the idea about the saucer underneath. I have had overturned, partial, clay pots out there since 2004 and had nary a toad come to stay.... THIS season, I shall try a saucer underneath! SHOW ME YOUR CRITTERS! I have a critter page over at Cubits. http://cubits.org/crittergarde... |
mcash70 Feb 9, 2012 11:33 AM CST |
Your welcome crittergarden, ![]() ![]() |
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