Garden Buddy

Salsacharley · September 29, 2014

I pulled this toad out of my pool back in August and let him go in my backyard. About a week ago he showed up in my side garden. He has dug himself a little hole where he hangs out, but he comes and goes.

I took this shot to document our symbiotic relationship.

AlittleSalt · September 29, 2014

it looks happy.

We have literally hundreds of Texas Toads this year. The really like digging hole around my tomato plants. It hasn't rained in a month so they dig wherever I water. http://www.herpsoftexas.org/content/texas-toad

Fred Hempel · September 29, 2014

Great photo.

Worth1 · September 29, 2014

I have no idea what kind of toads we have.
I do know we have the Houston toads.
There seems to always one scaring me at night.

Worth

dustdevil · October 3, 2014

Nice shot! Your photo does an excellent job of illustrating how well he can blend into his surroundings.

Salsacharley · July 4, 2017

I don't think this is the same guy as 2013, but he is liking the cool soil around a Nambe chile plant. I've got tomato volunteers sprouting all over the place from my compost.

PhilaGardener · July 4, 2017

Your garden guardian!

Worth1 · July 4, 2017

Tree frog in okra.
Worth
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NewWestGardener · July 4, 2017

Cool Photo, I've never seen a toad in soil. it looks much bigger than 2-3.5".

"The Texas toad is not a protected species in Texas and can be legally collected with a hunting license."

Who would "collect" such things? What for?

Redbaron · July 4, 2017

Tree frog in tomatoes I posted a few years back:

Salsacharley · July 30, 2018

Garden Buddy is still going strong this year. He showed up back in May and is almost a daily visitor to the terra cotta dish I have to be sure to keep full of fresh water. There's another smaller toad around here too, and a large family of blue tailed lizzards. I wish the toads would enjoy eating snails.

SpookyShoe · July 30, 2018

He looks like Jabba the Hutt.

Donna

bower · July 30, 2018

We have some brown toads in the farm greenhouse this year... the camo of the browns against the soil is amazing. Nice to see your buddy having a cooler.

Labradors2 · July 31, 2018

I love toads!

We have solar lights along our walkway garden and, for years, a big toad used to love to hang around underneath them to eat any nocturnal insects that were attracted by the light. Whenever I took my lab out last thing at night for her potty break, we would have to be careful not to step on her. We bought her a toad abode and placed it in a shady spot in the garden, but she never used it

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Linda

MrBig46 · July 31, 2018

Beautiful photos, beautiful thread.
Vladimír

July 4, 2017	#10
Redbaron Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 4,488	Tree frog in tomatoes I posted a few years back: __________________ Scott AKA The Redbaron "Permaculture is a philosophy of working with, rather than against nature; of protracted & thoughtful observation rather than protracted & thoughtless labour; & of looking at plants & animals in all their functions, rather than treating any area as a single-product system." Bill Mollison co-founder of permaculture

July 30, 2018	#12
SpookyShoe Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: El Lago, Texas Posts: 1,100	toad He looks like Jabba the Hutt. Donna

September 29, 2014	#2
AlittleSalt BANNED FOR LIFE Join Date: May 2014 Posts: 13,333	it looks happy. We have literally hundreds of Texas Toads this year. The really like digging hole around my tomato plants. It hasn't rained in a month so they dig wherever I water. http://www.herpsoftexas.org/content/texas-toad

September 29, 2014	#3
Fred Hempel Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Sunol, CA Posts: 2,723	Great photo.

September 29, 2014	#4
Worth1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Den of Drunken Fools Posts: 38,539	I have no idea what kind of toads we have. I do know we have the Houston toads. There seems to always one scaring me at night. Worth

October 3, 2014	#5
dustdevil Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: WI, USA Zone4 Posts: 1,887	Nice shot! Your photo does an excellent job of illustrating how well he can blend into his surroundings.

July 4, 2017	#7
PhilaGardener Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Near Philadelphia, PA Posts: 1,940	Your garden guardian!

July 4, 2017	#9
NewWestGardener Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada Posts: 564	Cool Photo, I've never seen a toad in soil. it looks much bigger than 2-3.5". "The Texas toad is not a protected species in Texas and can be legally collected with a hunting license." Who would "collect" such things? What for?

July 30, 2018	#13
bower Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Newfoundland, Canada Posts: 6,794	We have some brown toads in the farm greenhouse this year... the camo of the browns against the soil is amazing. Nice to see your buddy having a cooler.

July 31, 2018	#14
Labradors2 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Ontario Posts: 3,895	I love toads! We have solar lights along our walkway garden and, for years, a big toad used to love to hang around underneath them to eat any nocturnal insects that were attracted by the light. Whenever I took my lab out last thing at night for her potty break, we would have to be careful not to step on her. We bought her a toad abode and placed it in a shady spot in the garden, but she never used it . Linda

July 31, 2018	#15
MrBig46 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Czech republic Posts: 2,534	Beautiful photos, beautiful thread. Vladimír