Pacific Northwest Gardening: Who are your garden helpers?, 1 by Rarejem

Rarejem wrote:
Well, we have seen furred and feathered garden helpers, but my favorite one in my yard this weekend was the slippery variety. The spring peeper tadpoles are already hatching, but the majority of my larger frogs have been very quiet this spring due to the cold yucky weather. This changed as the sun came out this weekend however! My frog chorus was in full gear all weekend.

I grew up next to a wet vacant lot, so the frogs were always a part of the coming of spring. I loved to fall asleep to their songs, and you knew that you were always safe if the frogs were singing as they would become silent if anything was slinking around outside. For this reason, I love to go to sleep to their noise. My husband on the other hand, finds it very annoying and spends a lot of time yelling out the window for them to shut the heck up!

Those of you who live in areas with water features are probably familiar with their wonderful chorus, but if you have an interest, I recorded the symphony from my bedroom window last night. Could only do it with my camera, so you can look at a lovely black video when you listen..sorry for that feature!

http://s202.photobucket.com/albums/aa284/proflow/yard and ga...