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Frogs not allowed! Help!

GardenGemGardenGem Posts: 10
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Hi all, 

Wildlife gardening is so popular that I am hoping you may have tips for the opposite!

I love animals, have lots of bee friendly plants and bird feeders so we gets a variety of visitors etc but I have an huge fear of all things amphibian and this week there was a frog in the garden  :#

Do you have any tips on how to stop or deter frogs etc coming into our garden?

None of our neighbours have ponds and we’re on a new build estate so it was a surprise to come face to face with my greatest foe  :D

The garden was a blank canvas of mud, weed and stones when we moved in and making it a beautiful space is my favourite project and now I’m scared to go out alone! 


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  • amancalledgeorgeamancalledgeorge Posts: 2,736
    The poor frog...if you're serious about gardening, sharing it with other creatures is a fundamental principle. Frogs are utterly benign and truly beneficial in eating a lot of  pests. What is your fear based on, can't you work your way out of it instead of wanting to repel the poor creatures? If they can't find food or shelter in your garden they'll move on anyway. 
    To Plant a Garden is to Believe in Tomorrow
  • Chris314Chris314 Posts: 51
    Learn to love them !
    On a warmish humid night around March time we have counted as many as 30 toads on our patio, and goodness knows how many in the pond. They're fascinating.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    They won’t harm you ... you know that ... your fear is irrational and you know that too ... you need to get some CBT to help you take control of your feelings. It is possible and will improve your quality of life immeasurably.

     You can’t go through life being ruled by amphibians (sounds a bit like David Icke 😯). 

    Good luck 😊 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • LoxleyLoxley Posts: 5,698
    You could try this
    "What is hateful to you, do not do to your neighbour". 
  • GardenGemGardenGem Posts: 10
    Thank you for the replies :)

    Yes, my fear of them is irrational and I do know they won’t hurt me and I don’t want to hurt or harm it but I’d rather it was elsewhere so was hoping someone may have been in my situation before so had tips.

    Luckily of all the things to be scared of these aren’t something I come across often, that was the first I’d seen in years and years!

    We have some slugs, like all gardens at this time of year as I don’t like use chemicals but the garden is sunny and there isn’t really any hiding places so hopefully it will move to our neighbours but they have a lot of gravel so that is probably less appealing!
  • BigladBiglad Posts: 3,265
    You could do what my ex-NDN used to do and scream my name at the top of the her voice until I removed a dividing fence panel and transferred the offending beast  :o 
    East Lancs
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    Tell the frog you're afraid. It won't help you but it'll be great for the frog's ego. :)
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • GardenGemGardenGem Posts: 10
    @Biglad thank you, that made me really laugh!    :D

    @philippasmith2 strangely my toddlers favourite toy is a sticky frog (my parents thought it was hilarious to buy that as a gift!) so I often have to touch that so maybe I’ve started the slow process of adjusting 


  • tui34tui34 Posts: 3,493
    @GardenGem  Hello - Kiss it - you never know your luck!!  Or introduce an adder - I acquired one from goodness knows where and it has eaten all my froglets!!  Grrr!
    A good hoeing is worth two waterings.

  • BigladBiglad Posts: 3,265
    As others have said, if you reduce the habitats frogs tend to lurk, you'll reduce the numbers that want to be in your garden for any length of time. I have no pond and none of my neighbours do either but we get the occasional kermit lurking in long grass or amongst the japonica in the damp corner of the garden so if I keep the grass short and avoid the moist corner, I don't tend to see many.
    East Lancs
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