Frog friend
I was clearing away slug eaten leaves from the bottom of the cabbages ... and who was hiding under some leaves but a lovely little frog!
We often hear and see the frogs in our animal water troughs, but I hadn't seen one in the vege garden before. We have a little water trough that we were going to make into a fishpond for the front paddock, but now I'm thinking I'll set it up with lillypads to make a nice place for frogs to live.
Frogs are quite an efficient form of natural pest control. Skilled at using their tongues to catch even flying prey, frogs subsist on a diet of mosquitoes, flies, cockroaches, caterpillars ... and best of all - slugs.
Having a frog in our garden is a sign that we have a healthy ecosystem, free from pesticides and fungicides. Frogs are highly sensitive to pollutants and stay away from sources of toxins.
We often hear and see the frogs in our animal water troughs, but I hadn't seen one in the vege garden before. We have a little water trough that we were going to make into a fishpond for the front paddock, but now I'm thinking I'll set it up with lillypads to make a nice place for frogs to live.
Frogs are quite an efficient form of natural pest control. Skilled at using their tongues to catch even flying prey, frogs subsist on a diet of mosquitoes, flies, cockroaches, caterpillars ... and best of all - slugs.
Having a frog in our garden is a sign that we have a healthy ecosystem, free from pesticides and fungicides. Frogs are highly sensitive to pollutants and stay away from sources of toxins.