Amateur Gardening

Amphibians under threat

WHEN I was a gardener in Northamptonshire in the 1980s, it was impossible to garden without coming into contact with a frog or toad. They’d hop into your wellington boots, jump over your hands when you were weeding, lay spawn in your ponds and cheer your soul with the thought that spring was not far away.

Frog spawn used to arrive around Valentine’s Day

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