http://frugalways.co.uk/gardening.php?disp=comments en-GB http://backend.userland.com/rss 60 Mon, 03 May 2010 06:39:33 +0000 Abe [Visitor] c56@http://frugalways.co.uk/ Anything that will kill the toads will also kill the native frogs, which I couldn't bare the thought of doing. The only thing I can think of is that the toads can't jump high or stick to walls well, so I might make my shelter up a few bricks high with glass or plastic sheeting, which the frogs will stick to but the toads wont. We also live close to the mangroves, so there is an abundance of mozzies and sandflies for the frogs to eat, and hopefully they will leave my native stingless bees alone. I might also train a thorny vine along the base of the outside, to further ward off toads, the frogs should be small enough to navigate it, or jump over it. http://frugalways.co.uk/gardening.php/building-an-invertebrate-habitat#c56 Fri, 30 Apr 2010 00:39:45 +0000 valueformoney [Member] c54@http://frugalways.co.uk/ Not really Abe. Never really thought about it that way. The obvious one for us here is slugs, wet climate here in north west england, we get showers and out they all come. at the moment they are munching on my strawberry plants, which are a month away from growing fruit. One i would watch for, especially when you know what you are planting out, etc, i plant veg out in the back garden, limited success so far, we also have a "butterfly bush" which is ready to plant out, butterflies and growing veg dont go well together, so itll have to go out the front, where the flowers are. the habitat has a small square pond next to it, despite two years of frog spawn and allowing grasses to grow in it, and provide stones for getting in and out, they just will not take. The tadpoles vanish but no frogs return the following year. of course with your climate over there, you wont be troubled by slugs, is there nothing you can put down thats eco friendly for the toads? http://frugalways.co.uk/gardening.php/building-an-invertebrate-habitat#c54 Thu, 29 Apr 2010 23:19:43 +0000 Abe [Visitor] c53@http://frugalways.co.uk/ I live in Australia, so we have a different set of wildlife to you guys. Where I live we have a ridiculous invasion of cane toads. They eat all kinds of bugs that are beneficial to the garden and have poison sacks on their backs that prevent or kill things that try to eat them. As well as that, they breed rapidly in any environment. I'm planning on building a habitat with them in mind. Do you have any pests that you need to ward off from your habitat? (Other than cats, but a few thorns could discourage them) http://frugalways.co.uk/gardening.php/building-an-invertebrate-habitat#c53