"jammer" wrote in message
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I spent an a while this evening playing with an area left
when we
installed a new air conditioner out back. I dug it out
approx. 3 ft. X
2 ft. On the long sides i set in 3 ft. long cement border
sections, I
packed clay against brick on the back side and made it
grotto style
with the ground coming up even with the whole thing except
for the
front. I packed 2/3 of it with a mixture of mulch, a good
planters
mix, and last year's dried grass clipping. I put a board
on top,
covered the whole area with pebble rock, and will now find
something
decoritive if only a few large rocks to make sure the lid
never flies
off. I was pleased with the outcome.

The reason i did this in the first place was because there
were a few
toads that lived under the a/c all winter and this new one
makes that
impossible. This is right next to it.

Sounds lovely. I tend to buy those decorative
toad houses which AFAIK have never housed
a toad. They seem to prefer spaces between
bricks that are lying loose near the pond. I like
your design a lot.

Gail