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Post by sweetleaf on Feb 21, 2007 11:58:36 GMT 1
You're wasting your time Sweetie. Male frogs are quite discerning, and you really need to be a female 'frog'.  Nothing in my pond yet...  |
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Post by madonplants on Feb 21, 2007 12:02:11 GMT 1
I think the pastel yellow looks better than any shade of blue would Keith. I know it sort of grew on me!! But the border was going to be a sort of blue border!! Keith |
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Post by sweetleaf on Feb 21, 2007 12:03:22 GMT 1
Blue and yellow look great together though, a happy accident. ;D
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Post by madonplants on Feb 21, 2007 12:05:38 GMT 1
There was one lady frog in my pond this morning, waiting with a look of eager anticipation on her face. I'm sure the party will be starting very soon ;D Male frogs normally spend the winter at the bottom of the pond in the mud, so HE maybe there already!! Keith |
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Post by madonplants on Feb 21, 2007 12:08:41 GMT 1
Blue and yellow look great together though, a happy accident. ;D That's why the pieris (at the back, middle) went in and blue conifer came out!! Keith |
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Post by Sleepy on Feb 22, 2007 16:17:29 GMT 1
I reckon the orgy will be tonight and tomorrow night in my pond.
If it is as frenzied as previous years I will try and capture it on video ;D
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Post by sweetleaf on Feb 22, 2007 16:21:41 GMT 1
I still havent seen any tenants in mine  Maybe they are there, but hidden? |
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Post by Sleepy on Feb 22, 2007 16:22:49 GMT 1
Is it a new pond?
Is it raised?
Is your garden sealed from 'the outside world'?
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Post by sweetleaf on Feb 22, 2007 16:30:37 GMT 1
Its raised on three sides but theres a ramp on the fourth side and lots of cover....... and they did use it last year, dont they return to the pond they spawned in?
The garden isnt sealed off either, I get visits from lots of different animals.. foxes, hedgehogs, toads, frogs, slow worms etc.
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Post by Sleepy on Feb 22, 2007 16:35:41 GMT 1
They do by and large I belive, but last years frogs will not be full sized yet (I don't think). And they have to find the pond. And you have to assume the frogs that survived previously are still alive and not killed by foxes, birds, hegehogs, cats, the cold, etc.
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Post by sweetleaf on Feb 22, 2007 16:51:55 GMT 1
I shall just have to be patient then.
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Post by madonplants on Feb 22, 2007 16:56:12 GMT 1
They do by and large I belive, but last years frogs will not be full sized yet (I don't think). And they have to find the pond. And you have to assume the frogs that survived previously are still alive and not killed by foxes, birds, hegehogs, cats, the cold, etc. You forgot about the deadly virus affecting our frogs as well.  This is why, they say that for every 1000 eggs normally only 4 survive to reach adulthood! Keith |
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Post by madonplants on Feb 22, 2007 16:57:28 GMT 1
I shall just have to be patient then. Unless there is a better pond in a neighbours garden!! Keith |
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Post by sweetleaf on Feb 22, 2007 16:58:18 GMT 1
Tell me more madon, Ive not heard about this?
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Post by sweetleaf on Feb 22, 2007 16:59:28 GMT 1
I shall just have to be patient then. Unless there is a better pond in a neighbours garden!! Keith Hey, mine is 4 star accomodation! ;D |
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Post by Sleepy on Feb 22, 2007 17:01:05 GMT 1
No wonder they say it's a frogs life!
And to think, when she was a desperate teenager my sister used to spend her evenings in the garden hopefully kissing frogs!!!
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Post by madonplants on Feb 22, 2007 17:04:47 GMT 1
Unless there is a better pond in a neighbours garden!! Keith Hey, mine is 4 star accomodation! ;D I didn't say it wasn't, but frogs will very quickly find new ponds if they want to.  Keith |
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Post by sweetleaf on Feb 22, 2007 17:08:56 GMT 1
Tell me about the frog virus madon? |
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Post by madonplants on Feb 22, 2007 17:12:35 GMT 1
Can't remember the exact name, should look it up really, but the symptoms on a frog are some red somewhere, especially on the legs! Tell you what I will find it. Back in a mo!! Keith news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/1786584.stm |
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Post by The witch on Feb 22, 2007 17:18:01 GMT 1
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Post by Sleepy on Feb 22, 2007 17:23:30 GMT 1
Does your garden have a pond Borderbabe?
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Post by sweetleaf on Feb 22, 2007 17:25:41 GMT 1
That is so awful, we may lose all our frogs then? I feel angry and saddened that there is to be no research to help them.  |
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Post by madonplants on Feb 22, 2007 17:33:19 GMT 1
Yes I know, think of all the slugs we will have then, if we lose the frog? Doesn't bare thinking about. Not a nice death either.
Keith
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Post by 4pygmies on Feb 23, 2007 10:41:25 GMT 1
Talking of toads....it's really sad round here when they start to migrate as they cross the main road in front of us by the thousands and get squished. There are lots of lakes and a river behind us and Thetford Forest in front and they seem to come from there. I don't know much (anything) about the overwintering habits of toads but maybe they stay under the leaf mold or something for the cold season and then migrate to the water. Dunno. It's just too dangerous to have a toad patrol as it's a major route but it's really horrible to see them all over the road. I hate it.
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Post by madonplants on Feb 23, 2007 11:04:40 GMT 1
Yes 4P, they normally hibernate on land, either in burrows, under leaf litter or logs. In March they come out to visit ponds to breed. Maybe someone could do a Bob The Builder and build an underground tunnel. When we lived in Skelmersdale we had a huge toad (not sure it was a native) and it certainly did wonders for our slug population!
Keith
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