Building a Toad Shelter

A quick and easy outdoor project, adding a toad home to your backyard is a great way to provide a cool spot for these shade-loving creatures. Not only will the toad thank you for the chill out spot, your garden will thank you too — 90 percent of a toad’s diet consists of garden pests!

• Use an old clay pot about 20 centimetres in diameter.
• Make an entrance by gently knocking a semicircular section eight centimetres wide by four centimetres high out of the edge of the pot. (First drill a number of holes where the opening will be and then knock it out with a hammer.)
• Place the pot upside down in a shady spot near a source of water.

Visit www.WildAboutGardening.org for more ideas for amphibian accommodations.

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