In article >,
brooklyn1 > wrote:

> On Thu, 27 May 2010 20:30:01 -0500, Andy > wrote:
>
> >"Jean B." > wrote:
> >
> >> Becca wrote:
> >>> On 5/26/2010 9:12 PM, Jean B. wrote:
> >>>> You remind me... Back when I was in my teens, I had a classy female
> >>>> friend over for dinner. For some reason, I fed her frogs' legs.
> >>>> Looking back, that was a kind-of crazy choice for one kid to feed
> >>>> another one!
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> When I was a kid, any time you ordered a seafood platter, it came with
> >>> frog's legs. They were my sister's favorites, so I would trade her my
> >>> frog legs for her deviled crab.
> >>>
> >>> Becca
> >>
> >> Sounds like they were the norm there. Up here near Boston, that
> >> was not the case.
> >
> >
> >When we moved in to our PA home with the pool, we had the filter set to
> >auto on. Didn't take but a few days before I'd go to clean out the
> >skimmer and there would be a dozen or more tree frogs going around
> >backwards in circles!
> >
> >"Help!!! Mr. Wizard!!!"
> >
> >That was the end of auto on. I placed a boogie board floating at the
> >entry steps in the shallow end so they could eventually climb up on it
> >and hop up and escape on a daily basis.
>
> Good man. Frogs are important, their presence is indicative of a
> healthy environment. When I mow my meadow in the fall I make sure
> to raise my mower sufficently not to harm the little guys.

And people wonder why I like you. :-) I set some clay pot bottoms
(upside down) out in the back flower garden to provide homes for toads.
I also limit my use of pesticides so have a healthy back yard population
of anole lizards, geckos and bluebelly (western fence) lizards. I
finally saw my first skink a couple of years ago...
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