Signs of Spring

They do look a bit slimey noo, thats so cool heather still no froggy visitors to my pond :/ and baseball training is a sign of spring i hadnt thought of!

Nice one Michael...!!!

i have , major league baseball has began spring training in florida and arizona....

i love toads and frogs. we had them move in to our new frog/toad pond last year and really hope this year they will have mini frogs and toads in there im sooooo excited!!!!!!!!!!!

they look so slimey dont they .... thats why i would have to have the yellow rubber gloves on lol

Im not sure if i could touch one but if it needed help i would

i dont like frogs i carnt touch one but if i see a live one i will get the rubber gloves on and try to pic it up ...(yuck lol)

Aww thats so nice i like the sound of "toad watch" :)

Frogs (and toads) head back to the same pond where they hatched to find a mate so this little frog was probably on his way there when he got run over.... :(
Locally we have a ´toad watch´... There is a lane which is used as a ´rat run´ by local drivers but it runs between 2 ponds. At this time of year, toads are crossing from one pond to the other to mate & are an easy target for the cars sooooooo, the locals organise ´toad patrol´ & go out at dusk with buckets, pick the toads up & carry them safely across the road... (It isnt only toads. There are frogs as well and, occasionally, newts too.). Over 3 weeks, there are literally hundreds helped in this way. Then later on, it´s all done in reverse. Helping them BACK across the road from their breeding pond...

Oh poor froggie :/

i saw a froggie in the middle of the road this morning ...it was dead it had already been run over ... does that mean someone has a pond near by and thats what it was going to ?

The frogs have been busy overnight - there are four more clumps of spawn in the pond now.

Please, if you have lots of frogspawn, dont ever be tempted to put it in a wild pond ´to help the native population´... Because you might be transferring disease without realising it..... I was going to do that a few years ago & mentioned it to a Ranger at the Water Park & got a right b********g..!! I saw his point but he could have been a bit more, er, polite about it..!!! lol

The blue tits have moved back into my house - spring is here in my garden!!!!

M mmmmm not as such .. but as for getting married i d rather chew nails heeeeee xxxx

Lol you lot are funny!

ha ha ha ha ha ha .....

Gerraway Noo......bet you´ve kissed WORSE than frogs in your life....lol

ewwwww no dont kiss any frogs YUCK !!

Sounds like Spring really IS on the way.
Dont be tempted to kiss a frog to get your Prince ladies - it doesnt work, believe me....!! LOL

Er, Sue,........your froggies are toadies...!!!! Froggies, um, ´get married´ in the water & are smooth not bumpy...... :-)
Their toadspawn will be like a string of pearls whereas frogspawn is like tapioca pudding!!!

You ladies are sooooooo naughty...!! I´m mashamed of you Sue - fancy taking pics of the froggies getting, er, ´married´.... Is there no privacy these days...?? LOL

Dont laugh noo im simple lol i thought it meant like pairing off but not actually gtting jiggy lol

Thought you would like it HAHAHAHAHAH

i saw it ....... that was gross lol

Put the pic up lol
Just for you Noos HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

i dont think i wonna see frogs getting jiggy sue lol

I will put up a pic lol

HA HA HA HA sue you have a strange hobby lol

I sure did Noos lol

snow drops looking beautiful daffodil´s trying to pop up and buds on the trees yep spring is on its way yippy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

you took pics of frogs getting marrid ?????.......ha ha ha ha

I have got some buds on my daffs and Im so pleased and I have frogs getting married hehe. I took pics also lol

LMFAO @ charlotte and the getting marrid frogs ...
i nearly fell off my chair laughing

Ohh i see lol

Thanks for the info Alison. I will cut them back as soon as frosts are over - probably should have done it at the end of last summer, but there you go!!

We have crocus and snow drops, daffodil flower buds. Our clematis has new buds (Rourkey - old growth stays brown) my aquilegia has leaves appearing same for my bleeding heart and bluebells. I’ve seen butterflies and a wasp flying about and all the ducks are in pair on the lake where I walk the dog.

I have 2 clematis at the back of the garden that are completely brown and look dead...I´m not that hopeful for these two but don´t want to prune until I´m sure we´ve had the last of the frost. I also have an evergreen clematis which should flower Mar/Apr and that too has a few brown leaves. Our garden is built on the site of an old farmyard and we had lots of sandstone blocks in the garden and the garden is raised at the back so after years of persuading OH, we got this area turned into the patio, incorporating the sandstone blocks. I was really pleased with the result, and we spent ages planting etc...I just kept picking up plants from the local supermarket - usually off the "nearly dead" shelf, so I´ve got my fingers crossed they´ve all survived.

I think Rosie means frogs mating, Charlotte. Some of the birds are collecting twigs, moss etc so I guess they think it´s spring.

I had some snowdrops up a few weeks ago which i had forgotten about, what does the frogs "getting married" mean?

That´s great Rourkey. Some plants I was hoping would be saved from the winter look like dead twigs but I´ll leave them; they might sprout!!
I noticed bluebell leaves poking through the soil today (in the garden). They must be very confused - it´s too cold & too early.

I too have some crocuses coming up and the local chuchyard is full of snowdrops...they look lovely. Also, I´m pleased to say the climbing hydrangea I planted last year is now just getting little leaf buds on it, so at least I know it´s survived the snow/frost.

I had ONE crocus Charlotte but it´s disappeared. Think the frost saw it off.....! Snowdrops locally are at their best now which is about 5 weeks later than usual.
Caught 2 frogs ´getting married´ in the pond yesterday but think it was only a ´practice run´.... They´ve gone down to the bottom again now.

I´ve got some crocus come up will post a pic :)