Small pond on plot?

leeky · « **Reply #15 on:** March 14, 2007, 23:07 »

hmm. maybe a moat then!

Aidy · « **Reply #16 on:** March 15, 2007, 17:09 »

Ay up, not as daft as it sounds, at leat you wont get bothered by cats on your new dug beds, but you must fit a draw bridge.

Allotment Angel · « **Reply #17 on:** April 03, 2007, 16:02 »

Hi! We made a recycled pond last year using our old sand pit. It's just the right size for our back garden and we're hoping the frog we saw might leave us some frogspawn? I got another sand pit from freecycle and am hoping to put that one on the allotment this year to help with pest control! It might also amuse the kids for a bit when they get bored digging weeds?!

Aunt Sally · « **Reply #18 on:** April 03, 2007, 17:28 »

You probably won't have enough depth in an old sand pit for frogs to survive over winter. They dig into the mud at the bottom of the pond. The water needs to be about 2" (at the very, very least 18") to ensure they don't freeze to death if the weather is hard :cry:

Allotment Angel · « **Reply #19 on:** April 03, 2007, 19:42 »

Yes I realise they need somewhere to hibernate so was planning a nearby pile of logs and rocks for them. There are definately frogs on the allotment site as we see them quite a bit so I guess they already have somewhere to hibernate - might just fancy a swim?

liz from the fizz · « **Reply #20 on:** April 03, 2007, 20:46 »

How do you know they are not toads?

Aunt Sally · « **Reply #21 on:** April 03, 2007, 20:57 »

Quote from: "Allotment Angel"

Yes I realise they need somewhere to hibernate so was planning a nearby pile of logs and rocks for them. There are definately frogs on the allotment site as we see them quite a bit so I guess they already have somewhere to hibernate - might just fancy a swim?

They only hibernate in the bottom of ponds Angel, and they generally go back to the pond they were hatched in.

shaun · « **Reply #22 on:** April 03, 2007, 21:05 »

thought they hibernate out of the water they would drown otherwise

Aunt Sally · « **Reply #23 on:** April 03, 2007, 21:06 »

They can breath through their skin Shaun, I'll go find you some info.

Aunt Sally · « **Reply #24 on:** April 03, 2007, 21:09 »

Look here Shaun :arrow: http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/wildfacts/factfiles/483.shtml

shaun · « **Reply #25 on:** April 03, 2007, 21:14 »

well you learn something new every day

but some hibernate out of the water

Aunt Sally · « **Reply #26 on:** April 03, 2007, 21:23 »

Quote from: "shaun"

but some hibernate out of the water

Not commonly. Only if they have to and it is far more dangerous for them if the weather is bad or they get found and eaten :shock:

purplebat · « **Reply #27 on:** April 03, 2007, 21:28 »

Quote from: "Aunt Sally"

Quote from: "shaun"
but some hibernate out of the water
Not commonly. Only if they have to and it is far more dangerous for them if the weather is bad or they get found and eaten :shock:

that's as good a reason as any!

shaun · « **Reply #28 on:** April 03, 2007, 21:28 »

and what about if the pond drys up in the winter

Aunt Sally · « **Reply #29 on:** April 03, 2007, 21:31 »

Shaun... Aunty is going to have to speak to you about your attention seeking behaviour

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