This year I am trying my best to keep the weeds under control mainly because last year I saw a few too many poisonous snakes in my garden under piles of weeds. Today I had a few spare hours so I attacked one area - making sure I jabbed the ground to check for any movement before pulling out the weeds. Fortunately no snakes jumped out, but I almost jumped out of my skin when this lovely BIG bullfrog that had been hibernating in the soil literally jumped out at me. I was glad there were no old ladies passing by at the time as I screamed a little too loudly considering it was just a frog! I really like the cute little green frogs that appear everywhere at this time of year, but am not so sure about these ones.....Thursday, May 27, 2010
Garden surprises
This year I am trying my best to keep the weeds under control mainly because last year I saw a few too many poisonous snakes in my garden under piles of weeds. Today I had a few spare hours so I attacked one area - making sure I jabbed the ground to check for any movement before pulling out the weeds. Fortunately no snakes jumped out, but I almost jumped out of my skin when this lovely BIG bullfrog that had been hibernating in the soil literally jumped out at me. I was glad there were no old ladies passing by at the time as I screamed a little too loudly considering it was just a frog! I really like the cute little green frogs that appear everywhere at this time of year, but am not so sure about these ones.....
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That is one ugly beast - I would have screamed, too :-)
ReplyDeleteA big scary looking critter but fascinating nonetheless! I'm glad you didn't cut him in half with a spade or something before you knew he was there.
ReplyDeleteLike the little green ones two but the bullfrogs are just freaky - and noisy too!! Happy weeding.
ReplyDeletedid you stuff it for the pic?
ReplyDeleteI hear ya Jo! I like the little green ones too. But those great big bullfrogs do manage to surprise me. That one in your pic is huge! No wonder you screamed. Being caught off guard like that...I would have screamed too.
ReplyDeletePS, I can never tell the difference between the poisonous snakes and the non-poisonous snakes. So, I always just run no matter what. Ha ha ha.