What to do with frogs/toads

[moppet_217]

We have just taken over a new allotment and a large part of it is covered in carpert. I started to pull the carpert back and I came across 3 frogs. I put the carpert back down and had a look under another pice and I found a toad(he was not happy it seemed to hiss at me and puff up).

We want to keep the frogs and toads on our plot to eat the slugs but also want to get rid of the carpert. Can we build them somewhere and move them into thier?

We have medow on two sides of our plot a canal on another so should we just put them in the medow?

hanks

[MrsC]

Whatabout building a log pile, plenty of wet leaves etc nearby, take the carpet off and they'll soon find they're way

[mogs]

I went in my greenhouse and there was what I thought a massive frog! On looking closely there was a small frog on top of another. I left them alone for days and then obviously being a bit dippy, and noticing what looked like a bit of red string between them, I started to worry they had got trapped together and then worried, nothing at all to eat in the greenhouse, so after 20 minutes of flapping and running around the kitchen trying to work up the courage to lift them up and separate them and my daughter offering to pick them up 'as long as they dont jump' - eeerr frogs sweetie - that's their life's mission to jump - called in the Cavalry in the form of my Dad!

He proceeded for the first time in 47 years, to explain the birds and the bees to me in much detail - telling me they don't eat over winter so wont stave and in the process of mating the male frog attaches itself to the female frog for a number of days!! No idea how is so versed in the mating habits of the frog.

Anyway, eventally after several attempts at trying to persuade them to vacate the greenhouse love nest, only for them to hop back through the door when my back was turned - they hopped under the decking, and haven't been seen since I'm happy to say!

[blackkitty]

A good and cheap frog toad house is some pieces of drainpipe or guttering under some low growing plants, or half a terracota flowerpot. If you give them a spot like that they'll hang around and eat slugs. I often put broken plant pots under the leaves of courgette plants later in the year.

[Nicos]

Log pile...and smallish tubes- and a pile of rocks....PERFICK!!!!

[TonyF]

found two toads today, one lurking in the long grass under a yukka and the other under the edge of a pampas - pleased I check before I strim!

[moppet_217]

Thanks everyone. I made two frog homes with rocks and sticks and covered the top with grass to hide them. My 19 month old was with me and was trying to build his own next to mine and then he collected a load of worms and put them in (atleast it kept him off my strawberry patch)

Hopefully the frogs are happy in there it is 5 star. Not sure the worms will be to pleased.

[Nicos]

That sounds lovely!

[Rossa]

great idea for frog/toad house. we found one last weekend under carpet so moved carpet and it followed.....now I know how to take a toad for a walk,,,haha! will build a nice little love nest for them tomorrow.