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Feeling Froggy
susie
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Remember that trench I dug last year to drain water away from the house? Well I dug a small pond to catch the drainage. It never dried up so I now have a bumper crop of frogs.
The pond is about six feet across. The froggies don't mind that it is small.
They start off this size after losing their tails and growing their legs.
Then they start growing and become first rate skeeter eaters.
There is a tiny island in the pond. Froggies like it there to do a little sunbathing.
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I had a pond dug when I first moved here. I always wonder how did the frogs discover this new pond? Did the first frog explorer get on Frog Facebook and post " Hey, everyone, I found a new pond!"
bug eaters are good to have. Now you need some lily pads,and arrow head plants in that pond. And a small log for them.
nice new home for them
my wife built / dug a small garden pond about 8 or 9 years ago maybe 5 or 6 feet across 3 feet deep had a fountain circulating pump and filters all lined with rocks in and around it . ( hauled in from a farmers rock pile we knew ) and lots of plants it was her relaxing spot . but she would get mad because I never just sit with her and talked . but I did help dig it carry rocks to help and built the swing for her in my defense . I could do a couple minutes of just sitting and that was it not I did not want to spend time with my wife . well it became just another chore for her to keep clean all the plants taken care of and so on it was more of a show fish pond thing but even the filters needed cleaning often . ( my take she had at that time about 8 or ten ducks and well ducks and a small pond not a good thing if your trying to keep it clean ) after several attempts at keeping fish in it all she was doing was feeding the local wild life racoons like it along with the ducks 🙄 but it was her project
any way what seemed like in not time we had frogs and toads it was like, build it they will come . even had a guest appearance by a water snake which she does not like snakes so I had to catch and release it
but she filled it in several years ago just planted more flowers where it once was . but I can say we miss the frogs and toads in the spring calling out looking for love LOL . still a few tree frogs around but nothing like when she had the pond going
If I tried that here in CT Inlands /Wetlands would be all over me.
There's 40 acres of 'duck swamp' 1/2 mile from my house and the number of mosquitoes it produces is monumental. The 'frog chorus' is certainly audible (if I wasn't deaf) most summer evenings.
One of our dogs must have brought one in to the water dish.
Brad Steele
im not as classy as you guys, all i have is toads. hundreds and hundreds of toads. sometimes its hard to get in the house using the glass doors. i guess the light attracts the bugs and there are usually several toads hunting there.