Ok - everyone is talking about how nice it is that spring is coming and
frogs are croaking away. We like it too, but it is getting quite loud. It
doesn't bother us, but our neighbor came over (at about 10:30pm) and
actually said:
"I don't want to sound like a jerk, but can you turn down your tape of frog
noises because that is really loud sometimes?" I was taken back and said
"uh ... that isn't piped in frog noises ... that is nature - real frogs."
Admittedly, it made me chuckle thinking that someone actually thought I was
piping in frog noises just to make it more "natural". I also was about to
ask him to have his mechanical deer stop eating our roses too.

Either way - I was wondering if there is a way to "reduce" the number of
frogs? I know it sounds sacrilegious to some to want to do that, but I
don't want bad blood with the neighbors. I don't have fish in there but I
have plenty of plants and stuff so I just don't want to destroy all living
things. The ironic thing is that the pond was totally drained this morning
(about 6" of water left) It happens sometimes because I have two ponds
about 25' apart that have two streams between them - if one of the streams
gets too much debris in there, it will cause blockage and overflow and drain
it. However, it did make me think that it would be in my best interest to
keep the neighbors happy so they don't get any ideas (not saying that they
would but you just never know).

Thanks
Darren

Hi Darren,

There is really no way to keep frogs away from
water this time of year. Mother Nature has them hardwired to do their courting.

About the only thing you can do is get out there
at night with your flashlight and a couple of nets (invite your neighbor since
it is in his best interest and he can see how hard it is) and catch the little
hoppers. Put in covered bucket with an inch of water. You can drive them to the
nearest natural body of water and let them go there.

Good luck!

kathy :-)
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"Darren" wrote in message
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Ok - everyone is talking about how nice it is that spring is coming and
frogs are croaking away. We like it too, but it is getting quite loud.
It
doesn't bother us, but our neighbor came over (at about 10:30pm) and
actually said:
"I don't want to sound like a jerk, but can you turn down your tape of
frog
noises because that is really loud sometimes?" I was taken back and said
"uh ... that isn't piped in frog noises ... that is nature - real frogs."
Admittedly, it made me chuckle thinking that someone actually thought I
was
piping in frog noises just to make it more "natural". I also was about to
ask him to have his mechanical deer stop eating our roses too.

Either way - I was wondering if there is a way to "reduce" the number of
frogs? I know it sounds sacrilegious to some to want to do that, but I
don't want bad blood with the neighbors. I don't have fish in there but I
have plenty of plants and stuff so I just don't want to destroy all living
things. The ironic thing is that the pond was totally drained this
morning
(about 6" of water left) It happens sometimes because I have two ponds
about 25' apart that have two streams between them - if one of the streams
gets too much debris in there, it will cause blockage and overflow and
drain
it. However, it did make me think that it would be in my best interest to
keep the neighbors happy so they don't get any ideas (not saying that they
would but you just never know).

Snakes.

BV.

BenignVanilla wrote:

"Darren" wrote in message
...

doesn't bother us, but our neighbor came over (at about 10:30pm) and
actually said:
"I don't want to sound like a jerk, but can you turn down your tape of
frog
noises because that is really loud sometimes?" I was taken back and said
"uh ... that isn't piped in frog noises ... that is nature - real frogs."

Snakes.

Be sure to go over and ask them to turn down the volume on the
terrified shrieks G.

(City people. The local dog catcher regularly gets called for "loose
grizzly bear". Beats Anchorage, where most of the twits end up, where
they have calls for the dog catcher to deal with moose.)