I know everyone thinks toads and frogs are wonderful in the garden, but I have
a problem with them on my patio and path. I am frightened I will stand on them
when I go out at night. Does anyone know how to discourage them from their
evening conferences? There is a pond in next-door's garden and my path is a
highway for them all summer. Worse, I find them under plants when I weed!
Urgh.
pamcel

Pamcel wrote:

I know everyone thinks toads and frogs are wonderful in the garden, but I
have a problem with them on my patio and path. I am frightened I will
stand on them when I go out at night. Does anyone know how to discourage
them from their evening conferences? There is a pond in next-door's
garden and my path is a highway for them all summer. Worse, I find them
under plants when I weed! Urgh. pamcel

I think amphibians are splendid - evolutionary relics from100s millions
of year ago and still sucessful. Toads, especially, are positively
antidiluvian.

If you walk in the garden at night, take a torch! Toads are only moving
around for a very short period in March.

If you want to keep them out, fences? Toads walk and small frogs will be
discouraged - make a fence ~6" inches high and you won't be troubled.
--
Larry Stoter

And for those as dumb as me...

an·te·di·lu·vi·an ( P ) Pronunciation Key (nt-d-lv-n)
adj.
Extremely old and antiquated. See Synonyms at old.
Bible. Occurring or belonging to the era before the Flood.
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ante·di·luvi·an n.

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"Larry Stoter" wrote in message
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Pamcel wrote:

I know everyone thinks toads and frogs are wonderful in the garden, but
I
have a problem with them on my patio and path. I am frightened I will
stand on them when I go out at night. Does anyone know how to
discourage
them from their evening conferences? There is a pond in next-door's
garden and my path is a highway for them all summer. Worse, I find them
under plants when I weed! Urgh. pamcel

I think amphibians are splendid - evolutionary relics from100s millions
of year ago and still sucessful. Toads, especially, are positively
antidiluvian.

If you walk in the garden at night, take a torch! Toads are only moving
around for a very short period in March.

If you want to keep them out, fences? Toads walk and small frogs will be
discouraged - make a fence ~6" inches high and you won't be troubled.
--
Larry Stoter

The message
from "Andrew Thomson" contains these words:

And for those as dumb as me...

an·te·di·lu·vi·an ( P ) Pronunciation Key (nt-d-lv-n)
adj.
Extremely old and antiquated. See Synonyms at old.
Bible. Occurring or belonging to the era before the Flood.

It actually means "before the deluge".

Just me being picky! ;-)

--
AnneJ
ICQ #:- 119531282

In article , Pamcel
writes
I know everyone thinks toads and frogs are wonderful in the garden, but I have
a problem with them on my patio and path. I am frightened I will stand on them
when I go out at night. Does anyone know how to discourage them from their
evening conferences? There is a pond in next-door's garden and my path is a
highway for them all summer. Worse, I find them under plants when I weed!

While I acknowledge that some people might find toads off-putting when
weeding, they are only doing their natural thing of sheltering from the
sun. You could, of course, use them as an excuse not to weed!!

I'm surprised you say that your path is a highway for them all summer.
Most of their more obvious movements are this time of year and during
the summer they are much more sedentary.

Finally, do look on the bright side. They eat large numbers of slugs.
Would you rather tread on lots of those when you go out at night.....?

--
Malcolm