<![CDATA[Feeling good about the results of my no-mow May, which I am now going to extend indefinitely for about 1/3 of the area of our backyard.]]>Feeling good about the results of my no-mow May, which I am now going to extend indefinitely for about 1/3 of the area of our backyard. Lots of bugs --> big healthy toads

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://toot.community/users/GinevraCat/statuses/116675764457029182https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://toot.community/users/GinevraCat/statuses/116675764457029182Mon, 01 Jun 2026 16:21:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Feeling good about the results of my no-mow May, which I am now going to extend indefinitely for about 1/3 of the area of our backyard. on Mon, 01 Jun 2026 15:12:19 GMT]]>@GinevraCat similar, but our peepers have more of an "eeee" sound when they call, maybe a little higher pitched too? Hyla crucifer is the species.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://eldritch.cafe/users/SallyStrange/statuses/116675493201994061https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://eldritch.cafe/users/SallyStrange/statuses/116675493201994061Mon, 01 Jun 2026 15:12:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Feeling good about the results of my no-mow May, which I am now going to extend indefinitely for about 1/3 of the area of our backyard. on Mon, 01 Jun 2026 15:00:20 GMT]]>@dckim yard is pretty small so unfamiliar trees, not so much, but I'm getting so many pretty wildflowers and bees, it's great. Plus, I think I have an oak seedling that started.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://eldritch.cafe/users/SallyStrange/statuses/116675446092806131https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://eldritch.cafe/users/SallyStrange/statuses/116675446092806131Mon, 01 Jun 2026 15:00:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Feeling good about the results of my no-mow May, which I am now going to extend indefinitely for about 1/3 of the area of our backyard. on Mon, 01 Jun 2026 12:33:44 GMT]]>@SallyStrange Do they sound a bit like the frogs on this video? https://pixelfed.com/p/FinSunshine/965012822302405324

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://toot.community/users/GinevraCat/statuses/116674869628176956https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://toot.community/users/GinevraCat/statuses/116674869628176956Mon, 01 Jun 2026 12:33:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Feeling good about the results of my no-mow May, which I am now going to extend indefinitely for about 1/3 of the area of our backyard. on Mon, 01 Jun 2026 09:39:58 GMT]]>@SallyStrange Oh most splendid. With a couple of slippery fun friends ...

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115627417809417107/statuses/116674186313740608https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115627417809417107/statuses/116674186313740608Mon, 01 Jun 2026 09:39:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Feeling good about the results of my no-mow May, which I am now going to extend indefinitely for about 1/3 of the area of our backyard. on Mon, 01 Jun 2026 02:20:16 GMT]]>@SallyStrange I just looked at your picture again, and it's amazing what's growing up when you didn't mow it all down.

Are you finding any interesting plants and tree seedlings are found there? That's what I am seeing, and then you start thinking 'shouldn't I be transplanting out this valuable thing?'

And, of course, animals like it too.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/dckim/statuses/116672457408075989https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/dckim/statuses/116672457408075989Mon, 01 Jun 2026 02:20:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Feeling good about the results of my no-mow May, which I am now going to extend indefinitely for about 1/3 of the area of our backyard. on Mon, 01 Jun 2026 02:17:56 GMT]]>@SallyStrange I had some nice pictures from today too! This is all from today, in a very close proximity actually. That hardly seems real but, it is. If I could convince people to stop the government from destroying the entire area by building the 'Bradford-Bypass' I would. Seems like nobody in Ontario cares about this silt-loam.

Later in the season it gets micro toads everywhere, at some time soon maybe fireflies... more than anywhere I have ever seen(thick).

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/dckim/statuses/116672448178539256https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/dckim/statuses/116672448178539256Mon, 01 Jun 2026 02:17:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Feeling good about the results of my no-mow May, which I am now going to extend indefinitely for about 1/3 of the area of our backyard. on Mon, 01 Jun 2026 02:11:01 GMT]]>@SallyStrange did you know that I get those micro-toads later in the year. There is a 'season of toads' where I live. It's ecologically a very interesting area.

The soil is a silt-loam, and the land is flat, extending away from Lake Simcoe in Ontario.

It's seasonally wetland, not quite submerged but, high water table.

So we get those micro-toads, and then are everywhere. So many worms that it's weird sometimes, and strangely a lot of ants seem to be here too.

I guess they aerate the soil.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/dckim/statuses/116672420999196987https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/dckim/statuses/116672420999196987Mon, 01 Jun 2026 02:11:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Feeling good about the results of my no-mow May, which I am now going to extend indefinitely for about 1/3 of the area of our backyard. on Mon, 01 Jun 2026 02:02:46 GMT]]>@Lucia she knows it too

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://eldritch.cafe/users/SallyStrange/statuses/116672388590768120https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://eldritch.cafe/users/SallyStrange/statuses/116672388590768120Mon, 01 Jun 2026 02:02:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Feeling good about the results of my no-mow May, which I am now going to extend indefinitely for about 1/3 of the area of our backyard. on Mon, 01 Jun 2026 02:01:19 GMT]]>@dckim cool! we have an electric weed Wacker but I broke the string. I like it tho

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://eldritch.cafe/users/SallyStrange/statuses/116672382858337661https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://eldritch.cafe/users/SallyStrange/statuses/116672382858337661Mon, 01 Jun 2026 02:01:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Feeling good about the results of my no-mow May, which I am now going to extend indefinitely for about 1/3 of the area of our backyard. on Sun, 31 May 2026 21:57:27 GMT]]>@SallyStrange That is a fine toad

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://eldritch.cafe/users/Lucia/statuses/116671423963290473https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://eldritch.cafe/users/Lucia/statuses/116671423963290473Sun, 31 May 2026 21:57:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Feeling good about the results of my no-mow May, which I am now going to extend indefinitely for about 1/3 of the area of our backyard. on Sun, 31 May 2026 19:33:48 GMT]]>@SallyStrange my lawnmover just won't start, I couldn't get the sparkplug off to clean it. I guess that counts as 'no-mo'.

Now the neighbour lent me an electric one... here I go.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/dckim/statuses/116670859108283361https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/dckim/statuses/116670859108283361Sun, 31 May 2026 19:33:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Feeling good about the results of my no-mow May, which I am now going to extend indefinitely for about 1/3 of the area of our backyard. on Sun, 31 May 2026 16:36:29 GMT]]>@GinevraCat oh my goodness! I wonder if we have different types of toads. For me the sound of spring is the peepers. The teeny tiny tree frogs who live in the wetlands around here. I've heard toads croak but they never seemed terribly loud to me.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://eldritch.cafe/users/SallyStrange/statuses/116670161824222253https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://eldritch.cafe/users/SallyStrange/statuses/116670161824222253Sun, 31 May 2026 16:36:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Feeling good about the results of my no-mow May, which I am now going to extend indefinitely for about 1/3 of the area of our backyard. on Sun, 31 May 2026 15:03:44 GMT]]>@SallyStrange The sound of Spring for me always was the thunder of gutteral toads. They were loud enough in the garden - but unbearable when one of them discovered that sitting in the drainpipe acted as an amplifier!!!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://toot.community/users/GinevraCat/statuses/116669797166614836https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://toot.community/users/GinevraCat/statuses/116669797166614836Sun, 31 May 2026 15:03:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Feeling good about the results of my no-mow May, which I am now going to extend indefinitely for about 1/3 of the area of our backyard. on Sun, 31 May 2026 14:57:11 GMT]]>@GinevraCat Not at all, he was very patient and quiet, just waiting for me to let him go. Haven't heard him at all, I only found him because I disturbed him while weeding

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://eldritch.cafe/users/SallyStrange/statuses/116669771414473640https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://eldritch.cafe/users/SallyStrange/statuses/116669771414473640Sun, 31 May 2026 14:57:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Feeling good about the results of my no-mow May, which I am now going to extend indefinitely for about 1/3 of the area of our backyard. on Sun, 31 May 2026 14:56:18 GMT]]>@SallyStrange That's a chonky boi! Is he noisy😃?

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