Dave H (MI)
Well-known Member
Planting the last of the flowers today. I have a nice pot on the deck (18" off the ground) that is wide and flat and I use it for starting odd seeds for trees or perennials. Things I have never tried before. Last year I could not use it because a good sized toad had dug down inside it and was peering out at me from his hole. I showed him to the girls (stupid move) and was forbidden from using my pot for the summer. I figured he would move on or the cats would get him (they tried, tastes bad). No, as far as I know that fool toad spent the entire summer on the deck, in the pot. Pot has filled with weeds so I put it on the bench just now and guess what? Still there. Long, miserable cold winter and he is still in the pot. He has gotten huge. Easily the biggest toad I have seen around here. Give me quite a start. So the pot is back on the deck. I topped it off with some fresh dirt. Currently he is sitting next to it looking PO'd and you would THINK he would move on, but I suspect he will be back in there shortly making another hole for himself. Kinda cute...as toads go.