Keeping Frogs out of the Gardens

[Diyisfun]

You cant get rid of them, its a bit like some of the weeds you get in the pond.

 

[W4SIM]

You cant get rid of them.

DAMN!!!

 

[breezer]

mating season is now, although frogspawn has been seen in very late Feb.

The rest of the year they just seem to wander about, feeding, they do hibernate over winter though.

They will wander looking for food and to explore (no idea why, perhaps boredom)

they sleep during the day and hunt at night, at least they do round here, I used to see more t night than during the day

Your friend is right, as i said they seem to be just passing through when most people see them (unless they have a pond)

There is one option you could consider, that is a frame with a black net on it, but they never look nice and it must be above the water surface otherwise frogs will jump on it, not knowing the net is there, i dont like nets much, but i do have one for a small fountain to catch the autumn leaves.

I think its the south american bull frog that croak a lot, you dont want one of them or the big toad , there are some in thecountry and they eat the uk frogs, some are nearly as big as a small football, and they have fangs and jump up and bite people who dont like frogs



(ok, so i made the fangs and biting bit up, but they are very big)

 

[Mikepeters]

got a call to see why the water supply had stopped running from a spring in the hills in rossendale, lancs. walked 300 yards up the hill to a brick tank.... no water in it. walked 1/2 mile to the spring. water running fine.
Opened the 'filter' a LEAD channel with a series of holes knocked through with a nail, to find a lead pipe with a massive frog/toad, head first in the pipe. Now this pipe is 1/2 mile long, down hill so it has the suction of a Brooklyn wh*re on heat. So I dually removed the stricken and slight slippy (& dead) Kermit to find it had no head....... and last week I had a cuppa tea at this house...... ;-? Loved frogs, once.......

 

[W4SIM]

some are nearly as big as a small football, and they have fangs and jump up and bite people who dont like frogs

You have one twisted sense of humour my old bean!!!
I dont think il be getting much sleep tonight.

I think if they're mainly out at night then i wont need to worry too much as it wont really bother me. But i finish work at 10:30 on most nights and i dont really want to be coming home to a frenzy of frogs outside the house.

I think i need to be pointed in the way of some nature website where i might be able to get some idea of how to deal with them. Typing "nature websites" into google can bring up some surprising results!

Any good nature sites anyone?

 

[breezer]

try frog instead of nature, but they will only confirm what i have already told you

i told you they were big

everything else i also said really is true.

 

[Kes]

got a call to see why the water supply had stopped running from a spring in the hills in rossendale, lancs. walked 300 yards up the hill to a brick tank.... no water in it. walked 1/2 mile to the spring. water running fine.
Opened the 'filter' a LEAD channel with a series of holes knocked through with a nail, to find a lead pipe with a massive frog/toad, head first in the pipe. Now this pipe is 1/2 mile long, down hill so it has the suction of a Brooklyn wh*re on heat. So I dually removed the stricken and slight slippy (& dead) Kermit to find it had no head....... and last week I had a cuppa tea at this house...... ;-? Loved frogs, once.......

That's almost exactly our problem. We have about 1/2 mile of 1" alkathene which sleeves down to 3/4" somewhere near to the house. A fine underground frog trap. Don't ask what turns up in the filter. Tea is fine, by the way, plenty of minerals.

 

[Mikepeters]

yep I have been going there for years, and there has always been a 'regular' theme going through my mind (or system) post visit, when I think about it. Blahhhhhh.