FROG TIME
It's not really frog time here it's just too cold outside for the frogs right now. It has however rained enough to make any frog happy. In fact if it doesn't stop soon we will have to swim out of here. The weatherman says that it will turn to snow today. When you live in Indiana you never know what to expect. Oh well frog time will come. In the meantime lets look at some froggy ideas for this coming spring.
First we need a water source. Let's just sink a big saucer that go
es with a big flower pot, and fill it with water for the frogs. They love the water. Then we need plants to protect them from the predators and the elements, So lets loosen the soil in a few areas and put in some plants that spread some like petunias or greenery, or both. We need toad houses or shells and flowerpots for them to hide in too. We have one with birds decorating a flowerpot. If you give them a few things to protect them they will pay you back by eating as many bugs as they can out of your garden, and keep the insect population down. They will also sing to you at night. Who couldn't use a serenade now and then? This year was real wet in Indiana and we had a lot of toads and frogs, They were real loud at the singing. I've never heard them that loud here before, It sounded like you were in the middle of a swamp.
es with a big flower pot, and fill it with water for the frogs. They love the water. Then we need plants to protect them from the predators and the elements, So lets loosen the soil in a few areas and put in some plants that spread some like petunias or greenery, or both. We need toad houses or shells and flowerpots for them to hide in too. We have one with birds decorating a flowerpot. If you give them a few things to protect them they will pay you back by eating as many bugs as they can out of your garden, and keep the insect population down. They will also sing to you at night. Who couldn't use a serenade now and then? This year was real wet in Indiana and we had a lot of toads and frogs, They were real loud at the singing. I've never heard them that loud here before, It sounded like you were in the middle of a swamp. 
Frogs need entertainment too. My frogs have a playground next to their swimming pool. After all they need their exercise too right? A fat frog is a lazy frog and we want them to rid our garden of unwanted pests don't we? I guess a fat frog can be a busy frog if he's eaten a lot of bugs. We have to keep the frogs happy if we want them to stay. If you are lucky they will raise a family in your garden increasing the bug eating population. At the very front of toadtown I put a sign I made myself saying welcome to toadtown. You could use a garden sign with frogs saying Welcome.
It's not too early to start your plans for your gardens. You want to have plenty of time to research and plan and order plants or seeds. Get all of the decorations ready and make a drawing of how you want your garden. They don't have to be exact and you don't need to be an artist either. It's just to get an idea of what you want. It's easier to change your plans than it is to replant. Plus that's not good for your plants either. So take your time, you have plenty of it. If you get your decorations on the Internet, you can get them now, there are plenty to choose from. If you want to take your chances and wait until the garden stuff comes out in the stores next spring you may be disappointed, because not only do stores items change each year, You may have problems finding something to fit in with a particular theme you had planned without running to several stores. So why not let it come to you? I get new things for my garden each year for Christmas too. I love that.
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