Pond for attracting wildlife

I put in a small bog garden in the spring of this year and I had a tremendous increase in the number of toads in my garden. I would like to expand this teeny bog garden into a larger natural wildlife area but I'm concerned about mosquitos. They are a nightmare in my area and I don't want to contribute to adding more to the backyard. I know that the wildlife that is attracted should counteract the mosquitos produced but is there anything I can do to both encourage frogs, toads etc and still provide reasonable control over the mosquitoes?

Also - although I took the photo at a public garden and not my own I shot this yesterday and thought this flower was incredibly beautiful. Just wanted to share!

Sue

Hi Sue,
you can buy mosquito dunks that are non toxic to fish, plants, and wildlife. Mosquito fish, Gambusia, help too.

Sue my daughter and I have a small pond in a wooded area for wildlife. We use the dunks and do not have any trouble with m. Dixie

A pic of our little pond from this spring. Sorry its a little fuzzy. dixie

Very nice dixie, I have a preformed and it never looks natural, you did a good job on yours, looks great with the rocks.

Thanks! I've found dunks since I posted this. Glad to hear confirmation that they are safe and effective. Very pretty pond Dixie!!! We have ours dug out and liner installed. Tomorrow I get to order my stone for the weekends work. Very exciting!!

Sue

You can see our pond is 2 preformed ones. First I wanted to use all rocks from the area. We did that the 1 yr. Then this spring we did buy a few flat ones for the edges.
We cant have water lilies,too much shade. We didnt plant ours heavy ,we wanted room for little guys to get water.
we were losing water,too much for evaporation.Just not long ago I discovered the neighbors dog takes a wade every morning. He comes up to see me every morning. He starts back down my drive and then cuts over into the woods for his wade in the pond. LOL When it cools off I think he will give it up.

LOL! What a surprise! We have dog fencing around our gardens and we will have to build all new fencing to keep our water loving husky (yes - a water loving husky) out of the pond.