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Toads aren´t pretty. As a gardener, you may decide they aren´t all that ugly, either, when you learn that one toad consumes about 3,000 bugs in a season. If the bug is alive and a toad can fit it into its mouth, the toad will gobble it down. With a wide, sticky tongue, the toad slurps up a bug before it knows the toad is there. Tasty tidbits include a wide range of bugs and their larvae such as mosquitoes, slugs, snails, grubs, and various beetles.

Chances are your garden can easily support the appetites of a few toads. Why not invite a toad to dinner? Better yet, why not invite a toad or two to move in - to your garden. Attracting toads to you garden is simple enough if you understand a toad´s three basic needs.

1. Food supply - Your garden will provide plenty of fresh food.

2. Water supply - Toads don´t drink water; they absorb it through their skin. Place a shallow dish of water in the shade near the toad´s home. A pie plate or the drainage dish from a flower pot would be the perfect size. Replace the water every day so that the toad will have a fresh supply and you won´t contribute to the mosquito population.

3. Shelter - Toads are nocturnal, which is handy since some of the more destructive bugs like cutworms chomp away on your garden at night. During the day, toads need to rest and hide from predators in a cool, shady spot. Left to their own devices they spend their days burrowed in under rocks, leaf piles or other debris. If you want to entice toads to take up residence in your garden, you need to place a toad home in it. You can go all out and purchase a toad home, which is sometimes referred to as a "toad abode," at your local gardening center. Or you can make your own toad home from materials that you probably have on hand.

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