Pi**ing Off Toads
08.31.09
Did you know toads have a vocabulary… croaking isn’t the only noise they make? And they have a temper too! I didn’t, not until today.
We grow our gardens using organic methods here at Mango Cottage. That means good bugs, moisture, organic matter and stuff in our garden beds. It means toads too. I’ve discovered the toads like to ‘live’ in the corners of the raised beds, burrowed down in the cool moist soil. It’s September, BIG planting month, so we’re getting any empty 4 x 8 raised beds ready to be planted. The toads living in the corners DON’T like it! They pop out of their holes and screech at me – sounds like a tennis shoe squeaking on wet grass.