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Post by snowowl on Apr 13, 2011 11:21:54 GMT
You must get a wildlife pond Jas i love mine the goods and the bads but after a awful winter i still had loads of frogs and now i have little taddies swimming about. ;D
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Post by Jasmine on Apr 13, 2011 11:56:47 GMT
Thanks for the push Snowy - I'm going to order my barrel at the end of the month - pay day!
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Post by cjhomebird on Apr 19, 2011 11:45:22 GMT
I cleaned some algae off my pond last night and in the net were so many tadpoles I couldnt count them, I had to make sure they all got back in the water. I love my pond, no fish just wildlife, get so many birds and I love watching them take a bath, they really enjoy it. Worth the hard work and effort put into building it all.
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Post by Chuckles on Apr 19, 2011 12:04:36 GMT
I had a tidy around my pond on Sunday, no frogs or spawn:( OH hasn't come up with the goods either  I'll keep my pond despite not having fish in it anymore. The frogs will hopefully return and the birds love to go drink from it and have a splash about at the edge  |
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Post by cjhomebird on Apr 19, 2011 12:26:40 GMT
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Post by Missredhead on Apr 19, 2011 20:27:54 GMT
I love the first pic CJ..he looks like he is enjoying his bath enormously ;D
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Post by snowowl on Apr 20, 2011 15:13:16 GMT
Wow CJ so much wildlife its so worth having a pond.
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Post by Dutchy on Apr 22, 2011 8:36:59 GMT
There are little black tadpoles swimming in the ditch  I suppose they are to be toads one fine day. In my pond nothing but newts. |
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Post by snowowl on Apr 22, 2011 11:44:14 GMT
Nice to have newts Dutchy lucky you ;D
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Post by Dutchy on Apr 29, 2011 17:56:01 GMT
True it is the reward for refraining from having fish or a well defined decent pond ;D They are at it so the egg time procedures have started |
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Post by JennyWrenn on Sept 1, 2011 15:56:17 GMT
Can anyone help - I know nothing about frogs
next door have a small pond
I have many teeny tiny frogs in my garden - they are no bigger than 1" in size - I havent noticed any of them growing any bigger
I wanted to dig up a plant today and one shot out of it so I left it alone
Is there a mini frog that doesnt grow very much as I dont want to harm any of them - and do they eat slugs ;D
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Post by Ladygardener on Sept 1, 2011 16:33:25 GMT
I don't know about a mini breed but frogs love slugs JW. |
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Post by JennyWrenn on Sept 1, 2011 19:26:45 GMT
;D
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Post by snowowl on Sept 1, 2011 21:41:35 GMT
They will be baby frogs Jen i have them hoping around my garden i am hoping they will get bigger before winter.
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Post by JennyWrenn on Sept 2, 2011 4:47:41 GMT
Thank you - they are so ickle tiny things I am scared to weed at the mo and best I dont feed then that could kill them |
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Post by Barbara on Sept 2, 2011 15:45:07 GMT
They will soon grow and start munching your slugs, they move really quickly so I find they get out of the way of most things like spades and such, and make my heart turn over until I see what they are, ;D just be careful when your mowing the lawn Jen.
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Post by JennyWrenn on Sept 3, 2011 15:03:48 GMT
thankx Barbara - I dont have much of a lawn now I just use the scissors ;D
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Post by Ron on Sept 5, 2011 18:11:24 GMT
Sounds like my kinda lawn  |
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Post by Chuckles on Apr 6, 2013 17:44:01 GMT
Can't remember who has got a pond  I had a look in mine today and no sign of frogs or spawn or anything creature wise |
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Post by Dutchy on Apr 9, 2013 8:26:06 GMT
Nothing here either Chuckles I just hope I do not get the same shock as last year when I found well over 10 fat bloated dead frogs in the dead plants in my pond. This year I brushed off all snow so the light could get in and fingers crossed it worked well. I could see that the oxygenating plants were doing their thing but still.... |
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Post by Chuckles on Apr 9, 2013 17:44:14 GMT
 that must of been horrible Dutchy poor things. I've had a couple frozen in the thick ice before, winter of 2011. I'm not sure if I had any last year as I wasn't here for the most part. I suppose they will find my pond again at some point, hope so anyway.
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Post by Dutchy on Apr 12, 2013 8:53:42 GMT
It was more than horrible Chuckles . In the meantime I managed to manhandle over 2/3 of my Japanese 'hollowstem' plant out of the pond. Also the Newts have returned. They are not as yet mating but the fact that they are checking out the honeymoon hotel is heartening to see. |
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Post by Chuckles on Apr 12, 2013 11:47:15 GMT
"They are not as yet mating but the fact that they are checking out the honeymoon hotel is heartening to see. " that so made me laugh Dutchy good news though |
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Post by Dutchy on Apr 13, 2013 21:16:59 GMT
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Post by andy on Feb 18, 2014 18:01:41 GMT
I have frog "stuff" already this year.....it's been so mild that they've laid almost a month early. Tons of frogs....it's like a Roman orgy in the pond !!!!!  |
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Post by Chuckles on Mar 2, 2014 8:54:56 GMT
I have frog "stuff" already this year.....it's been so mild that they've laid almost a month early. Tons of frogs....it's like a Roman orgy in the pond !!!!! I can imaging the noise andy  Nothing in my pond again |
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Post by pothead on Mar 29, 2014 14:28:46 GMT
Has anyone tips to help encourage a few froggies into the garden ? I`m at a loss . I had a pond for a few years but got rid of it because it was too big, no frogs came . I have several small "water " areas now and there are always puddles about . I was given some spawn a few times but they never grew past tadpole stage , decreased in number and finally dissapeared . At my previous house I often saw the odd frog hopping about in the garden and I had no water feature  |
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Post by Dutchy on Mar 30, 2014 10:40:31 GMT
Wow Andy. I hear them but they never visit my pond as the newts claimed it. I haven't seen any frog stuff in the ditches as yet.
Frogs either like your area or they don't pothead. I don't think you can force them and if somewhere near is a less populated space they can use they will. Do you have a cat? My neighbors cat always disturbs the frogs that do visit the pond.
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Post by pothead on Mar 30, 2014 11:42:27 GMT
Frogs either like your area or they don't pothead. I don't think you can force them and if somewhere near is a less populated space they can use they will. Do you have a cat? My neighbors cat always disturbs the frogs that do visit the pond. I had wondered if cats would detere them Dutchy I don`t own a cat myself but there are several belonging to neighbours that frequent our garden often |
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Post by Chuckles on Mar 30, 2014 20:03:00 GMT
Since I moved my pond a couple of years ago now I've had none I only moved it about 10 feet from where it was. I tried importing frog spawn once pothead but failed, why was it that when we were children they survived in jam jars or plastic tubs |
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I had a look in mine today and no sign of frogs or spawn 
