Crazy About Frogs

Do you like FROGS? I just love them. They are so cute! You can find all types of frog items on the market, to put almost anywhere. There must be a lot of Frog Crazy people out there in the world today. I must say that I thoroughly understand, I mean whats not to like? They are so cute and fun to collect too. I don't really have a frog or toad collection, but I do have a toad town in my front flower bed and many other frog statues all around my yard. I also have live ones in most of my gardens too. Last year the rainy weather where I live was so ideal for the little cuties that my gardens were loaded with them. the sounds coming from my flowerbeds at night were deafening. But that's o.k. because I think they are great and they also eat many unwanted insects and that alone is a big benefit. I keep water and shelter for them. There are toad houses, broken flower pots and shells placed just right so they can hide under them. They have their own area but they don't hesitate to wander around anywhere they want. I do have to rescue them occasionally from things like the dog, the lawn mower, and sometimes even a car when they decide to take a stroll in the driveway. We did have a few casualties last year, One being a very large bullfrog that insisted on inhabiting the mud puddle in my driveway. His mate was rescued and taken to a nearby creek so she wouldn't suffer the same fate.

One type of frog that I had never noticed in this area before, made its appearance in my yard a few years ago. I was hand picking Japanese Beatles off of my ornamental plum tree when one beetle just disappeared, I know it didn't fly off, I would have seen it. So I got a little closer and looked closer at each individual leaf for the undesirable pest and right between my eyes was a tiny little light green frog. He must have eaten the beetle. Well I know a good thing when I see one, He can stay. Upon closer inspection there were 4 more on that one tree. I had never seen them before and have not seen any of them since, too bad they were cute and I can always use the extra help in eliminating Japanese beetles. I guess they were tree frogs.

This year I am going to improve on my toad town, They deserve it. I will be looking for better housing and more decorations. My sign that welcomes visitors to toad town has seen it's better days so I will be replacing it also. They have their own miniature birdbath that is in dire of repair. I'll try to get a picture of it when the work is done. The swimming pool that they have for playing in is a little too small for the amount of toads and frogs that I had last year too, Maybe I'll make them a bigger one. If you need frog items or just want to browse, You are more than welcome to visit my store and look around. You can visit it here . If you have any questions please do not hesitate to E-mail me. I am always willing to help my customers in anyway I can. If you have a toad town I would love to see it. This blog is always open for comments.

the birdlady