First it was hedgehogs and now it is frogs

Hey Jugs..While they may not be all that attractive to look at, frogs are really a blessing in a garden and believe it or not, some people have frogs brought to them for their garden as they naturally eat all the pests that gardens attract. i.e. slugs,bugs,snails, etc. They are actually doing you good! But, if you want them gone, there are a couple of things you can do. Providing the things growing in your garden can handle it, salt water is a sure determent for frogs. If you spray it all around on the ground, when they walk on it, it will burn their feet and skin and they will not come back. Do you have a source of water around there? If you do, and it is is possible to get rid of it, do so. Remove any excess foliage or piles of wood or anything like that where they can hide. You can also spread crunched up egg shells all around which they also won't like on their feet and it is said it keeps them away. Frogs really are a good thing for a garden though, so I wouldn't be too upset!

hi jugsjugs you do know frogs eat a lot of nasty insects that could devour your garden don't you? but how do they get in? Do you by any chance have chain link fencing as small frogs can hop through some chain link fencings? frogs hop but I dont think they crawl, like a possum that burrows under a fence. that is most odd. I have an idea, little boys often like frogs so do you have little boy neighbors who might be tossing frogs over the fence? I don't think frogs eat garden vegeation. so am wondering why they are in your garden? Do you have a small pool or some running source of water? this is really a puzzle to me.

We live in the country and we have a lot of frogs around the property. When you are mowing, you can see them hop away to get out of the way of the mower. They will scare you of a night too if it is just light enough to see them move, but not know what it is.

So why, may I ask, do you have a problem with frogs? They eat bugs and keep the area in and surrounding your garden. I would be glad to have them. They don't hurt anyone and actually help the environment by keeping the bug population down. I also like the noise they make too. The tree frogs are very cute. The others aren't so bad either.

Wow that is very odd indeed. Maybe there is a spot that you missed? honestly i cannot think of anything that would let frogs into your garden unless they are just morphing from the ground or something. How high is your fence, maybe they are jumping over it, ha! Well good luck on your hunt for this mysterious reason.

Wow! That's very odd and confusing. I wonder how they're getting in there, too, with the fence that high and no gaps. At least you're handling it well, with sending the frogs to a neighbor's pond. Is there any way to know if it's the same frogs coming back, or different frogs altogether?

I don't know what kind of frogs you have, but in Phoenix we have a species called the Spade Foot Toad. It is known as the Spade Foot because its back feet look just like little spades. A 600 foot fence would do nothing to keep Spade Foots out of your yard as they dig, burrow, and evacuate the ground to evade the often 120 heat in that baking desert. In the summer monsoons swimming pools literally bob with the little creatures.

We dont have hedgehogs that live wildly like that. I think that would be really neat. Here if you want one you have to spend a good chunk of money to buy one from a pet store. I dont know how the frogs are getting in your garden though that is mind boggling. I love frogs they wouldnt bother me to have in my garden at all.

Did you ever think of selling them and make some extra money off both hedghoges as well as frogs. cd

All of a sudden we went from no frogs to many, they are late hatching this year. I don't know where yours came from but each frog lays many eggs. Watch out for snakes which follow the frogs.

I have been thinking about your fence and I would bet that there are small areas along the bottom left there to drain the yard if necessary that may now be mostly filled in where these and other small creatures can get in. It only would take one mama to have your population explode.

They must have a secret hole somewhere. I think they can jump pretty high too. i wonder what's in your garden that attracts them ?

maybe it was a stray hedgehogs and now its in you parents but about a frog maybe in your garden there is get a pool to this frog habitat this or underground you garden and can be in out and the frog just searching for ground to paly , just maybe to they own house ..i dont know about this animal .

You wont be able to get rid of them all. Whenever there's grass, they will just keep coming up one after another. Frog isnt that bad so why are you so desperate to get them disappeared?

Frogs are good, they eat insects.I imagine that they came through your fence when they were very small. I think some kinds of frogs can dig under things.

Frogs do hibernate during summer. The frogs wake up when it rains.