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Juliet · Joined: 17 Aug 2006 Posts: 181 Location: Cambridge

...stick your finger into a pot to check whether the compost is dry & needs watering without looking where you're sticking it Shocked

You could find yourself prodding a frog Shocked

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redimp · Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2007 8:08 pm Post subject:

And just how did the frog react?

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Delilah · Site drunken fairy Joined: 13 Jan 2006 Posts: 3932

bet the frog and Juliet both squealed Laughing

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moonbells · Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 7:21 am Post subject:

Was a bit like that on Saturday, Juliet! Except my frog jumped over my hand and made me jump too! Took me a few minutes to catch it and remove to pond Smile

which is what I do with all frogs that I find in the garden (after checking they've not got redleg).

I hope one day I'll have a thriving colony and I can leave them to it!

moonbells

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wardy · Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 7:27 am Post subject:

I have loads of frogs in my air raid shelter. Could I take these to my plot pond or would that be a big fat NO NO Confused

Don;t they have a homing instinct or something Confused

I would hate to upset them by moving them Shocked

moonbells · Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 8:27 am Post subject:

You'd be better off sinking an old kitchen bowl or something portable into the ground near the shelter so you get frogspawn in spring, then just take the whole lot to the lotty and tip it in!

moonbells

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Juliet · Joined: 17 Aug 2006 Posts: 181 Location: Cambridge

I don't have a pond - just a lot of confused frogs

The frog didn't squeal or jump - just sat there looking rather surprised & gave me a dirty look. Hope it was OK Embarassed

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wardy · Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 9:13 am Post subject:

Wow! Funny you should say that MB cos there is a deep sump in the air raid shelter which used to contain a tank. Presumably this was for bailing out rain water (etc Very Happy

) The tank has rotted but I could soon bung a placcy one in there. The hole is covered by a slab at the moment but I can soon move that

Good plan MB. Thanks! You're pure genius. You know that don't you Laughing

moonbells · Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 10:44 am Post subject:

Hey, I'll have you know I look NOTHING like a pint of Guinness!

moonbells

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loobytoo · Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2007 12:52 pm Post subject:

a pint and a half, then???? Shocked

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moonbells · Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2007 1:16 pm Post subject:

:- P

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loobytoo · Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2007 5:57 pm Post subject:

I woz thinking - if I post it and it's normal MB she'll laugh;

if it's I'm-heavily-pregnant-hormonal-and-everythings-an-effort-now MB, she'll not....

phew! Very Happy

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moonbells · Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2007 3:12 am Post subject:

:- P :- P :- P

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