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Lessie Louise
True Blue Farmgirl
1406 Posts
Carol
PECULIAR
MO
USA
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 Posted - Aug 28 2009 : 05:35:53 AM
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So, there has been this huge pumpkin growing outside the garden into the yard. I haven't paid much attention to it but it was lookin' pretty ripe. So with thoughts of pumpkin butter twriling in my head, I went out the other day to bring it in. Well the bottom had rotted, all the seeds had dried and there was a toad living in it! I checked the next day, and the toad was still there. It's so cute. It was so nice of nature to provide that home. The pumpkin wasn't wasted after all!!
how sweet it is to love some one, how right itis to care |
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Ga Girl
True Blue Farmgirl
2355 Posts
Karen
Meansville
Ga.
USA
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Posted - Aug 28 2009 : 06:33:06 AM
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So sweet! And what a nice home to shelter the toad! Blessings,Karen
Create in me a pure heart,O God and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Psalms 51:10
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1badmamawolf
True Blue Farmgirl
2199 Posts
Teresa
"Bent Fence Farms"
Ca
USA
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Posted - Aug 28 2009 : 08:50:45 AM
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You are so lucky to have a toad living in your garden, they are wonderful bug eaters. Provide a pile of leaves, mulch and small branches for him to nestle down in for the winter, ( they hibranate ), and take a clay pot, chip a spot out on the lip, place upside down in your garden and you've given him a safe home, also thru normal watering, the pot will stay damp and cool for him in the heat.
"Treat the earth well, it was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children" |
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peapicker
True Blue Farmgirl
716 Posts
texas
USA
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Posted - Aug 28 2009 : 08:53:46 AM
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How cute! This would make a great childrens story.
Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.
Robert Brault |
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1badmamawolf
True Blue Farmgirl
2199 Posts
Teresa
"Bent Fence Farms"
Ca
USA
2199 Posts |
Posted - Aug 28 2009 : 09:14:01 AM
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Hey Peapicker, maybe "Cinderella" isn't a fairytale after all, hmmm.......
"Treat the earth well, it was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children" |
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Lessie Louise
True Blue Farmgirl
1406 Posts
Carol
PECULIAR
MO
USA
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Posted - Aug 28 2009 : 10:01:47 AM
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I think Cinderella is the perfet name for this taod...maybe I'll go out there at midnight and see what happens! I used to have tons of frogs, I did not know chickens ate frogs until I saw it with my own eyes, and they like them. Teresa, thank you for the hibernation advice, Carol
how sweet it is to love some one, how right itis to care |
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abigailc1973
True Blue Farmgirl
85 Posts
abigail
orlando
fl
USA
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Posted - Aug 28 2009 : 11:08:21 AM
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| That is so cute! I love seeing toads in my garden. I had no idea chickens would eat them though, that's really wild. |
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peapicker
True Blue Farmgirl
716 Posts
texas
USA
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Posted - Aug 28 2009 : 11:30:00 AM
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Well , I think you should make a sign an put on a stake next to the pumpkin. "Please do not disturb Cinderella"
Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.
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Amie C.
True Blue Farmgirl
2099 Posts
Finger Lakes Region
NY
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Posted - Aug 28 2009 : 11:39:15 AM
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| I've been thinking about this all afternoon, and the image of the toad in its pumpkin home keeps making me smile! |
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LauriP
True Blue Farmgirl
239 Posts
Laurianne
Hertford
North Carolina
USA
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Posted - Aug 28 2009 : 3:23:55 PM
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This Is the cutest story ever!! -- We had some toads in our yard in Norfolk, and I always felt so guilty if I accidently woke one up when I was weeding in the flower bed. They would just hop out of their little nest and eye me like I was So Rude!!
They are so great for getting rid of Bad Bugs!! You are so lucky to have one in your garden!!
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