Gardening with Gary

Gardening Advice from an Expert

Frogs

Raquel writes~ I live in the northern state of Mexico, Coahuila, near the Texas border (just 200 miles) and is so dry and hot weather here during most of spring and summer......a very little rain also or storms. When I was watering (I have just 40 metres of grass, one "Laurel de la India" tree, two Ashes, four bouganvilas, some Ficus and five little rose bushes) I found a frog jumping around. How bad or good is it for my garden? How about even many are around? What do they eat... just bugs or also roots?

A. Any frogs who live in the grass or ponds nearby will eat up lots of slugs, snails, grasshoppers, flies, and many other insects. They are very beneficial to gardeners. Do not worry about them eating your plants' stems and/or roots. They eat insects and that will decrease the invasion upon your plants. Even if you have many around, there is no concern.