Attract more beneficial frogs to your landscape with a frog hotel.

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Attract more beneficial frogs to your landscape with a frog hotel.

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Күн бұрын

This nature nerd built a Frog Hotel! Frogs are great at keeping bugs under control and looking darn cute. We built our own hotel for them to stay in. Watch and see if it works.
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@cindyyeager8627 18 күн бұрын

Blessings to nature nerds all around the world.

@jeannebee2935 Ай бұрын

New subscriber and thank you for sharing this. Thirty years ago my son found a frog and wanted to keep it as a pet. After a week I explained we needed to let the frog go back to his family because they were missing him. During that week I spent more time preparing the frog's supper than I did for a family of four. This is so much better, lol!

@JolleanSmith Ай бұрын

That is a much easier way to keep a frog and still enjoy nature. I have a turtle we adopted from a turtle rescue. He was hit by a car and lost a leg. And making his salad is a chore. So I get it. You will love this though. There has been a frog in it almost every night. So it definitely works! Thanks so much for sticking around with us. Glad you are here!

@cindyyeager8627 18 күн бұрын

One can temporarily band the pipes together with tape for more stability when adding the gravel. Works like an extra hand.

@JolleanSmith 18 күн бұрын

@@cindyyeager8627 that’s a great idea Cindy. Thank you!

@AtlanticGhostHunters1111 Ай бұрын

What a brilliant idea ! Thank you for sharing :)

@JolleanSmith Ай бұрын

Thanks for watching! It was a fun project.

@redfoxfarmsms4149 Ай бұрын

What a great idea! I have lots of frogs so I may have to make one. A friend gave me a toad abode and I often see residents in it peeking out.🐸

@JolleanSmith Ай бұрын

Hey Good to see you! I love this thing. There has been a frog in it everyday. Lots of frogs speaks volumes about your habitat. You must be doing a great job! 👏

@julest5767 Ай бұрын

frog hotel! Frog hotel!! FROG HOTEL!!! So cute!! I took a lovely toad out of my pool yesterday. He/she was exhausted, I think, and sat for a long time, then hopped away.

@JolleanSmith Ай бұрын

Frog hotels rules!! Good save on your toad. So precious. You can get little frog ledges for your pool. www.amazon.com/Courpal-Animal-Escape-Ramp-Floating/dp/B0BX68RWVW/ref=asc_df_B0BX68RWVW/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=692875362841&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=806931675336575581&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=m&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9014075&hvtargid=pla-2281435179778&psc=1&mcid=1daf886b0e6f31caadded92698b7cd59&hvocijid=806931675336575581-B0BX68RWVW-&hvexpln=73&gad_source=1

@julest5767 Ай бұрын

@@JolleanSmith thank you!! I wanted a ramp bc my daughter suggested one and I was thinking of just a plank of wood in the shallow end but I like those.

@JolleanSmith Ай бұрын

@@julest5767 note I have no experience with them. We don’t have a pool so make sure to read reviews. I just always thought they looked like a good idea. I would guess the frog has to find it which could be hard in a very large pool.

@julest5767 Ай бұрын

@@JolleanSmith it's a small pool, I read the reviews and they are very positive for this type of ramp!

@JolleanSmith Ай бұрын

@@julest5767 yay!!! That’s awesome!

@terriross9271 21 күн бұрын

I am 64 an me an my 40 year oldson are building a frog motel this weekend i do have 2 frogs here

@JolleanSmith 21 күн бұрын

@@terriross9271 that THRILLS me!!! Right on. Let me know how it turns out. I hope it brings you joy.

@baneverything5580 Ай бұрын

A light over your garden will attract toads and tree frogs. I found this out when I put two LED lights up during a period of armadillo attacks on my garden. I dug a puddle for them during the drought last year and shaded it after they put eggs in the water bowl of a wild bunny I helped. A ton of toads hatched.

@JolleanSmith Ай бұрын

Awesome!! I avoid too much light at my end to help moth migrations but I do put out water all over. Great comments. Thank you!

@davidtodd3435 21 күн бұрын

I love this concept! I’m planning on building a tree frog hotel very soon this month. I’ve decided to build two locations, one on our fence and the other in a planter. Can you give me an update on how many frogs you have now?

@JolleanSmith 21 күн бұрын

@@davidtodd3435 that is great! Honestly I have the same two frogs almost everyday. I had 3 days in the month with no frogs. Keep in mind I have only had it about a month. Not sure how it will do overtime. Different locations may be better too. Hope you get many frogs! Do share how it turns out!

@nysunflower9439 Ай бұрын

I’m stealing your frogaritsville idea. I live in zone 7 and I was wondering if you know if I would leave it out during winter?

@JolleanSmith Ай бұрын

Please do! I would empty the water before a freeze. I am thinking frogs know how to deal with freezing temps but your container could crack. The water should expand over the top but you never know. So to be safe drain most of the water and leave the rest out. They have not spent a lot of time (that I know of) in the water. They just seem to like to stick to the inside of the tubes. Good question though! And share a picture of the one you build, love to see it. I am excited it’s now a chain of frog hotels 😂

@bobbyparker3215 28 күн бұрын

How often do you have to clean the rocks? And change the water?

@JolleanSmith 28 күн бұрын

@@bobbyparker3215 I would just clean it at the end of your season. Once you know freezing temps are coming you will want to remove the water. Other than that it’s stayed clean here.