You have a good point, Jan.

The toads do head for safer ground than the yard (Ours is about 2
acres...cut by riding mower). The garden has lots of toads; the beds around
the house have lots. The neighbors have lots. A whole army of them hang
out by the back door light for their evening meal...they think it is an
all-you-can-eat food place. Sadly, some do get chopped in the mowing.

Jim

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"~ jan JJsPond.us" wrote in message
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Result, you have fewer bugs and chop more toads when you mow.
Jim

I work very hard to remove them, sometimes stopping the mower a dozen
times
in an area 30 X 30. This only happens a mowing or two before they're all
in
the flower beds or shrubs. Thank goodness they don't like to hang in the
grass normally. ~ jan


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