Beginner Gardening: Any tips for keeping slugs at bay?, 1 by sunnyg

sunnyg wrote:
I just LOVE that pic of your frogs taking their sun bath Bonitin..that is too cute! This thread has inspired to see what I can do around here. I really do think these critters are a wonderful way to control slugs/snails. I have a little pond, and we bought some tadpoles last year at a pond shop. I am a newbie to ponding, and I didn’t realize the pond place sold me bullfrog tadpoles that will later eat fish and the many birds that bathe on the waterfall’s “steps.” Sadly, we had to return the tadpoles, as I don’t think our tiny garden is an appropriate place for them. I didn’t want to let them loose locally, so luckily the pond store was willing to take them back. I would love to find local tadpoles that will turn into smaller (and non-bird eating) frogs. Anjl, any ideas on where to find them locally? Here is a pic of one of the bullfrog tadpoles right before we returned them. I had no idea they had gotten this big!

This message was edited Mar 21, 2008 6:17 PM