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Frog-less pond
On Thu, 1 Aug 2013 22:00:21 +0200, Justadmin88
wrote: Hi there! Bit of a weird question this.... After living in gardenless flats since leaving home I am FINALLY on the verge of renting a house with a small garden! Hooray! The problem with all of that is that I have a bizarre but very real fear of frogs. I don't know where it came from, Exactly the same as my neighbour who thinks it stems from incident when she was about 5 when a slightly older brother put one in her clothing. I get called to retrieve them from her garden to put in my Pond from which they probably came and will wander back to her flower pot stack whenever they feel like it. I mentioned that I seen a small grass snake around the pond that would eat some frogs but that didn't go down too well as she doesn't like snakes either. So my question really is how high would I need to raise the tub pond up to minimise the chances of frogs getting in? I know nothing can be guaranteed, but I'd like to make it as hard for them as possible. They are fairly agile creatures* and I have seen some in our garden resting on part of a wooden fence 4ft above the ground, though it most likely climbed vegetation to get there. Vertical sides of a patio pond greater than 2ft 6" or so they might find harder. If it helps the garden in question is in quite an urban area, and I'd be locating the tub pond on the decking by the back door of the house. Any thoughts are much appreciated, I know it's a bit weird! To be honest if you have decking and there is any damp and shade then you may find them living under that anyway ,possibly Toads instead of Frogs. Both are amphibians not water creatures and spend a considerable part of their existence out of water. * Found a froglet on the seat of the indoors upstairs Loo many years ago on our farm. It's still a mystery how it got there,the water did come from a well but it seems unlikely it got through the Lister Pump and a ball valve. The gauze filter on the intake had fallen off though. G.Harman |
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G Harman wrote ((SNIP))
* Found a froglet on the seat of the indoors upstairs Loo many years ago on our farm. It's still a mystery how it got there,the water did come from a well but it seems unlikely it got through the Lister Pump and a ball valve. The gauze filter on the intake had fallen off though. I'm not so sure, a few years ago the large filter for our Koi pond was awash with tadpoles, it has a tight fitting heavy lid so the only way they could have got there is through the pump. -- Regards. Bob Hobden. Posted to this Newsgroup from the W of London, UK |
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Thanks for the replies all, I think what I shall do is just got for it, but make sure the tub has sides over 2ft high! I know this won't guarantee, but it might at least deter.
If they're in the garden then that's that - as long as they're not out and hopping when I'm out pottering I should be okay! Fingers crossed!! |
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Good idea! I'm all excited now but I will have to wait until next spring to put all this into action! Damn!
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Frog-less pond
On 02/08/2013 17:08, Justadmin88 wrote:
kay;988995 Wrote: Try putting a mini-water lily and a goldfish in it, and not too much weed, then it won't be too attractive as a breeding pool. Good idea! I'm all excited now but I will have to wait until next spring to put all this into action! Damn! Look at it another way, if you have a plague of frogs and you run a mile from each one, just think how fit you will get. |
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Birthday
Belated greetings from K E Y N S H A M, David.
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Frog-less pond
"kay" wrote
Justadmin88;988994 Wrote: Thanks for the replies all, I think what I shall do is just got for it, but make sure the tub has sides over 2ft high! I know this won't guarantee, but it might at least deter. If they're in the garden then that's that - as long as they're not out and hopping when I'm out pottering I should be okay! Fingers crossed!! Try putting a mini-water lily and a goldfish in it, and not too much weed, then it won't be too attractive as a breeding pool. This shows the sort of water lily you can get to grow in a tub/half barrel type pond.. http://www.lilieswatergardens.co.uk/?cPath=114_115 and I would recommend Sioux as it changes colour as it ages and is a well established variety. -- Regards. Bob Hobden. Posted to this Newsgroup from the W of London, UK |
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"Bob Hobden" wrote
"kay" wrote Justadmin88;988994 Wrote: Thanks for the replies all, I think what I shall do is just got for it, but make sure the tub has sides over 2ft high! I know this won't guarantee, but it might at least deter. If they're in the garden then that's that - as long as they're not out and hopping when I'm out pottering I should be okay! Fingers crossed!! Try putting a mini-water lily and a goldfish in it, and not too much weed, then it won't be too attractive as a breeding pool. This shows the sort of water lily you can get to grow in a tub/half barrel type pond.. http://www.lilieswatergardens.co.uk/?cPath=114_115 and I would recommend Sioux as it changes colour as it ages and is a well established variety. Wrong link, should have been... http://www.lilieswatergardens.co.uk/?cPath=114_120 although those above would be OK too. -- Regards. Bob Hobden. Posted to this Newsgroup from the W of London, UK |
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