Can your toads get in & out of the pond? After seeing a
"mighty-tired-looking" toad clawing at the side of the pond (okay, I'm
anthropomorphizing -- thinking of animals in terms of human behavior, I
think), it occurred to me that the toad could be in my teeny little
preformed water garden for a long time if it had no way to climb out or
nothing to perch on to jump out.

My little pre-form has 3 "plant ledges" that are currently unused (they
never were at quite the right depth for the plants I tried). Since I
already had a lot of bricks on hand, I stacked some in various combinations
on each plant ledge. That way, no matter what the actual level of the pond,
the toads will be able to jump out again, even the little 3/8" toadlets.
(BTW, I do have a plant in the pond, a parrotfeather in a pot on the bottom,
covering at least 40% of the surface area.)

Note: the bricks I'm describing are the kind with holes in them; I turn
them so the "tunnels" are parallel with the surface of the pond, so I don't
have to rescue the goldfish (who apparently can't back up very well).

Anne Lurie
Raleigh, NC

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Dang it, in six years with a pond I've had ZERO toads. And they are
around.