The Treefrogs are Here!

We started the pond about two years ago, in the fall. We let the pond sit last year so that the water condition could level out and enough insect life and decayed plant material could build up to support algae, plant and water critters. For Mother’s Day, the kids got me two water lily plants and since they seem to be doing okay in the water, I decided it was time to give some tree frog tadpoles, a go. We had a tree frog or two in the yard last year but I didn’t see any evidence of them returning to the pond, so we’ve decided to jump start things a bit. I bought 12 tadpoles because it is a tiny, tiny pond. We will see how it goes. We released them this morning and so far we’ve netted a few to see how they are doing and they seem pretty wriggly and happy, still.