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In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts)
Tue Jun 27, 2017, 09:32 AM Jun 2017

There were lots of frogs eggs inside the circular mesh net yesterday.

The koi ate all of them this morning. Miss frog sat forlornly on the plant protective net while I tried to position it so that her future babies might live long enough to become tadpoles.


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There were lots of frogs eggs inside the circular mesh net yesterday. (Original Post) In_The_Wind Jun 2017 OP
Ah, the Circle Of Life... Aristus Jun 2017 #1
I was excited about having a small army of bug catchers. In_The_Wind Jun 2017 #2
Lots of hungry koi, too, by the sound of it. Aristus Jun 2017 #3
Another pond treat is: the lotus is blooming for the very first time this year. In_The_Wind Jun 2017 #4
Lotus, huh? Aristus Jun 2017 #5
Was it about ... why the Buddha sits on a lotus in bloom. ... In_The_Wind Jun 2017 #6
sort of. Aristus Jun 2017 #7
stranger things have happened near lotus plants In_The_Wind Jun 2017 #8
That's a bummer hibbing Jun 2017 #9
We still have a few adults. The next pond is half a mile away. In_The_Wind Jun 2017 #14
Frogs avoid our fish filled ponds. hunter Jun 2017 #10
The adult frogs are still here, croaking all night. In_The_Wind Jun 2017 #13
Bad koi! Solly Mack Jun 2017 #11
Silly koi. Every time I set them free they find a way back to the tender roots of the Rush. In_The_Wind Jun 2017 #12

Aristus

(66,327 posts)
3. Lots of hungry koi, too, by the sound of it.
Tue Jun 27, 2017, 10:45 AM
Jun 2017

Hope the rest of the tadpole babies grow up to be bug-catchers...

Aristus

(66,327 posts)
5. Lotus, huh?
Tue Jun 27, 2017, 11:11 AM
Jun 2017

There was a joke in there somewhere about chakras and Buddhism, aaaaaaaaaaand......I got nothing...

Sorry...

In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts)
8. stranger things have happened near lotus plants
Tue Jun 27, 2017, 03:22 PM
Jun 2017

To rescue a kio, I pulled the Pickerel Rush and shook the last fish free

hunter

(38,311 posts)
10. Frogs avoid our fish filled ponds.
Tue Jun 27, 2017, 05:02 PM
Jun 2017

Before the fish they were not rare. But neither were the mosquitoes.

In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts)
12. Silly koi. Every time I set them free they find a way back to the tender roots of the Rush.
Thu Jun 29, 2017, 09:47 AM
Jun 2017
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