Re: Re: frogs

Yeh, I was watering my back porch gardens Wednesday night, and something
large and brown jumped up from under the foilage and landed on the rock.
I thought it was a big brown toad or something. It was almost dark so I
couldn't see very well. On closer inspection, I saw that it had
ears...and fur. It was a baby cotten tail rabbit. It was old enough to
eat on its own and I saw no other bunnies in the area. That is where my
wild bird feeder is so my guess is that it was feeding there, but in the
heat of the day (107) it took cover under my potatoe vines to stay cool.
I put it in a safe place with some alfalfa pellets and water and let it
be. It was so cute though. And I have frog that lives in my garden pond.
It's a tiny (tub) built into the ground with a little fountain. I went
to pull weeds from around the pond, and he was just floating on top,
looking at me. I love frogs.

  

TeichFlora@aol.com wrote:
  How cool Theresa. I just love frogs.
It really isn't very surprising to have frogs in flower pots, especially if 
one gardens pretty much organically. There are a number of native frogs to 
California. Pesticides use and such has diminished the numbers of frogs 
greatly. It's a misconception by many that frogs have to actually live in water 
at all times....although there are a few that are pretty much aquatic, many 
only use water as a source for breeding and such, but prefer moist areas. The 
smaller the frog, the less amount of water needed to breed and survive. 
People have a tendency to see more amphibians in their landscapes if they have 
lush foliage cover, moist conditions...especially if there is a drought 
elsewhere the frogs will go to wherever they can find moisture, coverage and food. 
Most frogs/toads eat insects and are a definite benefit to any garden. I 
bet in the evening or after a rain, you can hear the different calls of the 
frogs.
There are a lot of websites to help you ID the frog according to pics and 
sounds they make.

Do you have a pond?? That definitely will attract the larger frogs and 
toads. Here the Gulf Coast Toad is everywhere, and will lay eggs in puddles on 
the street after a rain. When we moved in (not much landscaping at all) I saw 
a number of tiny cricket or chirping frogs. They made a cute peeping noise 
in the evenings. We are fortunate not to have attracted any bullfrogs 
though....which are the largest, and will eat just about anything it can fit in 
it's mouth...including other frogs, birds, etc. Definitely not a good 
introduction.

Noreen
zone 9
Texas Gulf Coast




In a message dated 8/10/2006 11:02:17 PM Central Standard Time, 
gardenchat-owner@hort.net writes:

About a week ago I was on the back porch and checking out my potted 
plants when I realized a pair of eyes were staring back at me! In the 
catch tray attached to a hanging pot was a little flog, hanging over the 
edge checking me out. Since the pot was hanging, we were about 
eye-to-eye. And yes, I did startle! So, I couldn't figure out how the 
frog got in there, much less how it was surviving. So I took the pot 
down and put is on the ground so that the poor thing could hop out if it 
wanted and go find some food. Which, the frog had disappeared by a 
couple hours later. So, I hung the pot back up and didn't see the frog 
anymore- until yesterday. The frog was back in the catch tray AND in 
the pot hanging next to it, there was another little frog. I thought, 
how cool, I guess they are happy there, so just let them be. I have one 
other hanging pot out back, but it doesn't get as much water, so there 
was none in the catch tray. So, I filled up the watering can and went 
to fill the catch tray in hopes of attracking another frog there. Well, 
as I was filling up the tray, yet ANOTHER little frog popped his head 
up! So, I stopped filling the tray, since it was already occupied! I 
have no clue how the frogs get in or out of the pots- I'd love to see 
this in action. I realize they have little suction cup feet, but still- 
climbing up or down the plastic hangers can't be all that easy. What do 
you think they eat??

Happy to have some frogs in residence-

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