Comments on: bookends to a great gardening season http://awaytogarden.com/bookends-to-a-great-gardening-season Organic gardening inspiration from Margaret Roach Sun, 12 Feb 2012 02:28:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Judy http://awaytogarden.com/bookends-to-a-great-gardening-season/comment-page-1#comment-3741 Judy Thu, 16 Oct 2008 01:51:16 +0000 http://awaytogarden.com/?p=1321#comment-3741 We love our amphibians here in the Pacific Northwest. In 2007 the pacific chorus frog was actually named the State amphibian. I copied the below information from the internet. They are, in my experience, hard to photograph, so I appauld your efforts and the results. I have one of a frog landing on a very large orange pumpkin, but it is a bit fuzzy. State Amphibian Pseudacris regilla In 2007, the Pacific chorus frog was designated as the official amphibian of the State of Washington. Because Pacific chorus frogs live in every county in the state and on both sides of the Cascades, they are an excellent choice as an emblem for the whole state. The Pacific chorus frog is charming and makes beautiful sounds. Less than two inches long, they swell their throat sacs to three times the size of their heads to send their calls into the night. This amphibian is useful because it eats insects, including mosquitoes. It is recognizable by the black stripe through the eye to the shoulder, and can be brown, tan, grey or green. A native amphibian, it is preyed upon by bullfrogs, snakes, raccoons, shorebirds, hawks and ducks. A third grade class at Boston Harbor Grade School in north Olympia, demonstrated excellent knowledge about the political process in making this proposal to the Legislature as the project involved science, research, art, and persuasive writing. We love our amphibians here in the Pacific Northwest. In 2007 the pacific chorus frog was actually named the State amphibian. I copied the below information from the internet. They are, in my experience, hard to photograph, so I appauld your efforts and the results. I have one of a frog landing on a very large orange pumpkin, but it is a bit fuzzy.

State Amphibian
Pseudacris regilla
In 2007, the Pacific chorus frog was designated as the official amphibian of the State of Washington.
Because Pacific chorus frogs live in every county in the state and on both sides of the Cascades, they are an excellent choice as an emblem for the whole state. The Pacific chorus frog is charming and makes beautiful sounds. Less than two inches long, they swell their throat sacs to three times the size of their heads to send their calls into the night. This amphibian is useful because it eats insects, including mosquitoes. It is recognizable by the black stripe through the eye to the shoulder, and can be brown, tan, grey or green. A native amphibian, it is preyed upon by bullfrogs, snakes, raccoons, shorebirds, hawks and ducks.
A third grade class at Boston Harbor Grade School in north Olympia, demonstrated excellent knowledge about the political process in making this proposal to the Legislature as the project involved science, research, art, and persuasive writing.

]]> By: margaret http://awaytogarden.com/bookends-to-a-great-gardening-season/comment-page-1#comment-3499 margaret Wed, 24 Sep 2008 17:31:38 +0000 http://awaytogarden.com/?p=1321#comment-3499 @Laura: No, I figured you wouldn't let me off the hook that easy. We have a long way to go together, all of us: We must clean up the spent bits, and revel in the stuff that's still to come. A year-round deal I guess here, huh? Maybe a little slower now through February than March to September was, but at least a couple of days a week of new stuff even in the quietest of times. And you never know, I may get energized and post more in winter than I think. @Laura: No, I figured you wouldn’t let me off the hook that easy. We have a long way to go together, all of us: We must clean up the spent bits, and revel in the stuff that’s still to come. A year-round deal I guess here, huh? Maybe a little slower now through February than March to September was, but at least a couple of days a week of new stuff even in the quietest of times. And you never know, I may get energized and post more in winter than I think.

]]> By: laura http://awaytogarden.com/bookends-to-a-great-gardening-season/comment-page-1#comment-3498 laura Wed, 24 Sep 2008 14:26:10 +0000 http://awaytogarden.com/?p=1321#comment-3498 i hope this doesn't mean you have finished blogging for the season! Your blog is my daily treat. i hope this doesn’t mean you have finished blogging for the season! Your blog is my daily treat.

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