There was a thread on this in the cottage garden forum a while back, but DD mentioned this today so I thought I'd create a new post. The past thread was before I was on the forums... sorry if this gets too redundant.

We had in the fall 9 jr. highers came to help in our garden area in the front, back, and side yard for service project time. While trimming roses, planting daffodil bulbs, seeds and more- one child discovered that we had a little TOAD in our front yard!! All these months later "Mr. Toadie" is still here, we recently re-sited him to the back yard to the in-process Secret Garden we're creating with our two children for them. DD said I should write about a toad being a "must have" for a cottage garden. I will post a pic of Mr. Toadie very soon!

Gosh, I remember as a kid while growing up at our family's house that we had a soggy wet little section next to the fence on one side of the yard and finding a toad in the yard....

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