Ponds are great
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Puddy_Tat
naturally fluffy
toadally acceptable
Puddy_Tat
naturally fluffy
ultimately (and of course from a position of no authority round here) it's your thread - if people want to view / participate in the thread they can, if they don't want to, they can pass it by or put it on ignore if they have a frog phobia or something. it's not as if you're spamming another thread with frog pictures or something like that.
rubbershoes
not the only raver in the village
I don't have a pond but in the spirit of inland waterway solidarity, I'd hope rivers are allowed.
My garden has a river one side. Most of the time it's a foot or two deep and burbles away quietly with occasional ducks visiting. Two days of heavy rain turns it into beelzebub. The level rises very fast, maybe a foot in two hours. It hasn't reached the house.
My garden has a river one side. Most of the time it's a foot or two deep and burbles away quietly with occasional ducks visiting. Two days of heavy rain turns it into beelzebub. The level rises very fast, maybe a foot in two hours. It hasn't reached the house.
pseudonarcissus
fluttering and dancing
pictures! we want pictures, particularly of amphibians (seagulls need not apply)
rubbershoes
not the only raver in the village
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pseudonarcissus
fluttering and dancing
how cool to live on the banks of the Zambezi
rubbershoes
not the only raver in the village
Just out of shot - herds of wildebeest
Epona
Sonic: 1 Nov 2006 - 8 Jan 2022
Not at all, I stop by here when I see you have made new posts specifically to get frog updates and pictures!
Keep them coming, please!
frogwoman
No amount of cajolery...
Thanks. I've been reading more about amphibians and it's amazing that they actually breathe through their skin hence why they can survive a reasonable amount of time underwater. I love watching these frogs and i feel very privileged about the fact that they've become accustomed to people to some extent. When they're not in the pond I feel very curious about what they're doing lol
I've signed up to the local toad patrol which will be next year
I've signed up to the local toad patrol which will be next year
I had a froggy visitor in one of my work gardens this week, despite not having a pond there or in any of the neighbouring gardens afaik.
No sign of the toad that was living in the raised veg bed last year (I built her a house) but they're everywhere in another garden I work in, just down the road.
No sign of the toad that was living in the raised veg bed last year (I built her a house
) but they're everywhere in another garden I work in, just down the road.
StoneRoad
heckling from the back!
Our wildwood has a boggy wet area which includes a bit which could be classed as a pond, as well as a couple of stone troughs. This was set up over two decades ago, so is overdue some attention ...
When it was recently set up,, we had frogs and toads breeding happily for several years - assuming the frosts don't catch the eggs.
One of the toads took up residence in the wood greenhouse ...
Currently, we have problems with oversilting, invasive plants and it's been a bit too dry / leaky to maintain the water level [it's not actually lined, just puddled clay].
This coming autumn / winter I feel another digging out coming on, we did do the field drains which supply most of the water to the troughs last year.
It was dammed cold doing it in winter, so we may do it earlier.
When it was recently set up,, we had frogs and toads breeding happily for several years - assuming the frosts don't catch the eggs.
One of the toads took up residence in the wood greenhouse ...
Currently, we have problems with oversilting, invasive plants and it's been a bit too dry / leaky to maintain the water level [it's not actually lined, just puddled clay].
This coming autumn / winter I feel another digging out coming on, we did do the field drains which supply most of the water to the troughs last year.
It was dammed cold doing it in winter, so we may do it earlier.
frogwoman
No amount of cajolery...
Not that I've heard!
weltweit
Well-Known Member
I've probably mentioned this already on one of the pond related threads but we had some Italian sort of greeny frogs when we moved in and they used to sing at night, out near the pond you could imagine you were in a proper jungle
sadly they didn't return the next year I have no idea why.
frogwoman
No amount of cajolery...
Pool frog maybe? Never seen oneI've probably mentioned this already on one of the pond related threads but we had some Italian sort of greeny frogs when we moved in and they used to sing at night, out near the pond you could imagine you were in a proper jungle
they're very rare.
gentlegreen
I hummus, therefore I am ...
My neighbour is roughly the antithesis of me and in only months created a quasi woodland edge garden that looked like it had always been there.
This included a teeny pond and somehow it's already been noticed by damsel flies
This included a teeny pond and somehow it's already been noticed by damsel flies
