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Be Silly. Be honest. Be kind.
--Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Toads: Humble Garden Heroes |
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The average toad will eat
50-100 insects every night - that's 10,000 to 20,000
insects throughout a gardening season. They will help
eliminate garden pests such as flies, grubs, slugs,
cutworms, grasshoppers, and anything else they are fast
enough to catch. You can encourage toads to take up
residence in your garden by providing shelter and water,
and by using gentle pesticides that won't hurt your warty
allies.
Toads prefer homes that are humid and out of the wind. You
can build a toad residence by digging a shallow depression
in the soil and covering it with a board. Don't forget to
leave a door! A birdbath at ground level would provide
just the right amount of water for your toads' daily
needs, but if you would like to see them raise a family in
your garden, consider adding a water garden or small pond.
Once they move in, they will stay for years, so the small
effort required to attract them will pay off many times
over.
Contributed by
http://www.gardenguides.com
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