If you don't think the toads are hanging around for lack of food
that's easy to fix! Just put some slices of fruit out or
something that will draw a few bugs. The flies will come and they
can have dinner!
bsk
My neighbor has the ond - so I had no problem creating a toad habitat
;-) but seriously, I've been putting the toads I find in my garden.
It's raised rock beds so they have plenty of places to take cover during
the day, but they don't seem to be staying in my garden. I don't have
many bugs, just a few aphids and the generaly flying insects that don't
seem to do much damage. Are the toads leaving to look for food, or are
they just hiding and I can't find them. I try to keep pans of water out
for them, but I'm not very good at keeping them full. Would more
diligence on my part encourage the toads to stay wround a little longer?
Deborah
Hi Deborah,
I, too, am a huge toad fan and wish that the toads that visit my garden
would stay around longer. We built a pond three months ago and, while I
love the way it looks and sounds, I'd hoped that more toads would come
around. So far I've only seen one toad at the pond (I didn't know he was
there until he jumped in when I came out to feed the fish). I was hoping
he'd stick around but he was gone the next morning.
Of course, they're very hard to see, so perhaps our toads (and yours) *are*
still around somewhere. Yesterday I was working in the front garden,
moving mulch away from some irises I was planning to dig up and separate,
when I apparently disturbed a toad who was resting under the mulch. He
hopped out from the irises and landed right on my hand. I put the mulch
back and put him back and decided to save the iris digging for another day
- one when there were no nice toads to disturb. When I checked on him a
little later he had again burrowed under the mulch, with only his head
sticking out.
Sheryl Highsmith
shighsmith@vines.colostate.edu
Fort Collins, CO
Zone 5
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From "Deborah Turton"
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My neighbor has the ond - so I had no problem creating a toad habitat
;-) but seriously, I've been putting the toads I find in my garden.
It's raised rock beds so they have plenty of places to take cover during
the day, but they don't seem to be staying in my garden. I don't have
many bugs, just a few aphids and the generaly flying insects that don't
seem to do much damage. Are the toads leaving to look for food, or are
they just hiding and I can't find them. I try to keep pans of water out
for them, but I'm not very good at keeping them full. Would more
diligence on my part encourage the toads to stay wround a little longer?
Deborah
