Tow bits of extremely good news.
ONE - the tadpoles HAVE survived. snow barely touched them. They have put up a sign saying "You cant get me copper" and they are swimming around and feeling goooooood!
Their little characters are starting to develop already.
I feel so excited that they will be around for the next 3-4 months as they grow into little froglettes and then...jump into the pond! NO!
They say that frogs return to the place where they are born to spawn again so I keep checking the washing up bowl at the bottom of the garden. This was where I had moved last year's gang to save them from jumping in to the pond "way hey" only to be eaten by King of the Koi.
SECOND bit of good news - and this IS a good one....THE TADPOLES HAVE SURVIVED IN THE WATER BARREL!
This is the most fantastic news...why? because the water barrel has always been designed to be their natural water garden habitat. If all goes well then they should be born AND spawn in here for future years.
My very own froggery.
Monday, April 07, 2008
Snow in the garden
The heavens opened and the snow fell up to 5 inches thick in Brighton!
Having just found that my spawn had survived and my tadpoles had LIVED I then had to watch the snow and ice freeze my poor boys over in their beds!
Vince loved the snow...went out running and barking and biting at it.
he fish all went under the bridge and decided to stay there till it had gone. It is hard to believe that 24 hours later it IS all gone!
Having just found that my spawn had survived and my tadpoles had LIVED I then had to watch the snow and ice freeze my poor boys over in their beds!
Vince loved the snow...went out running and barking and biting at it.
he fish all went under the bridge and decided to stay there till it had gone. It is hard to believe that 24 hours later it IS all gone!
Sunday, April 06, 2008
mixed feelings
I just know this batch of tadpoles are going to be a mixture of sadness and joy.
Yesterday morning I come downstairs….take one look at the spawn and think it has all dissolved and then – joy of joys – the tadpoles are born…..teeny weeny little dots wiggling rounds in the water!
Then today, the snows come. They are suspended in frozen icy water.
Will they survive?
Meanwhile, my mum has had two frog deaths.
Yesterday morning I come downstairs….take one look at the spawn and think it has all dissolved and then – joy of joys – the tadpoles are born…..teeny weeny little dots wiggling rounds in the water!
Then today, the snows come. They are suspended in frozen icy water.
Will they survive?
Meanwhile, my mum has had two frog deaths.
Tuesday, April 01, 2008
spawn
Good news/bad news on the tadpole front.
This year we are able to start with some actual frog spawn kindly donated by my mother.
You may remember that last year I added a new water barrel, filled it with rocks, plants and stuff. I added some tadpoles last year and they just disappeared straight away. This year I am thinking that the barrel must have stabilised and so added a lump of spawn to that and a smaller lump to this flat water pool container thing.
Anyway, the spawn in the water barrel appears to just sink straight away. Very dissapointing. I feel like i have committed a frog massacre. Same with the other container. ho hum.
My mum is a bit of a frog whisperer it would appear.
We were fiddling about with her pond when she lifts up some plant in a pot she has floating and it was pandemonium – we counted around 14 frogs on all shapes and sizes and colours. I don’t know how she does it. The smallest one was not much bigger that the finger nail sized babies when they first leave the pond.
This year we are able to start with some actual frog spawn kindly donated by my mother.
You may remember that last year I added a new water barrel, filled it with rocks, plants and stuff. I added some tadpoles last year and they just disappeared straight away. This year I am thinking that the barrel must have stabilised and so added a lump of spawn to that and a smaller lump to this flat water pool container thing.
Anyway, the spawn in the water barrel appears to just sink straight away. Very dissapointing. I feel like i have committed a frog massacre. Same with the other container. ho hum.
My mum is a bit of a frog whisperer it would appear.
We were fiddling about with her pond when she lifts up some plant in a pot she has floating and it was pandemonium – we counted around 14 frogs on all shapes and sizes and colours. I don’t know how she does it. The smallest one was not much bigger that the finger nail sized babies when they first leave the pond.
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