Fall has arrived.  The leaves are rapidly changing colors and dropping to the ground.  I need to get the netting up over the pond soon or I’ll have another huge mess to clean up next spring.  I went through it this year and I don’t want to do it again.  We do have to raise the netting a bit, so we don’t have the frogs snagging themselves. 

     I have some PVC pipe to use to construct a framework that I can drape the net over and clip it leaving a 3 to 4 inch space between the bottom of the netting and the ground.  That should keep most of the leaves out of the pond and give the frogs free access for as long as they need it.

     I took Gavin outside today the air was brisk, the wind moderate, and he was full of himself.  The fact is, he was full of himself he didn’t smell, see, notice, or find the dead frog.  He walked right past it.  No, it wasn’t Goliath.  It was a rather large bullfrog but not as big as the worm moocher, Goliath.

     However, at the time I didn’t know it wasn’t Goliath because these frogs are seldom active until dusk.  Later, I went out to check the pond and quite happily discovered Goliath sitting on the bench rock waiting for me to serve up some worms.