I guess that is the answer. I have an old, small window screen that drops right into the rocks around my skimmer. Simple answer to a not too informed question. I guess I worried about displacing the toad, frustrating it with loss of preferred home in the skimmer, and finally having it move away. Seems such a creature of habit and I know nothing of behavior. Thanks for the guidance.

Really neat. I live in Flour Bluff on the east side of Corpus Christi, and I am wanting to build a natural pond in my sandy backyard using clay and then lining the bottom with white rock and limestone. I want to make the pond look like the Comal River in New Braunfels ( a natural spring fed river) and plant it and stock it with plants and fish from the river. I live in a Zone 10A climate (nearly tropical) with an average annual low of about 31F. I have a tropically landscaped backyard, and I think having a natural spring looking pond would be awesome underneath my jungle canopy I am starting to grow in the backyard. I would like to make the pond about 10 - 12 feet long, about 8 ft. wide and about 4. 5 - 5 ft. deep. with a small waterfall and filtration for the fish and aquatic life. I would like to power this with a small solar panel attached to the fence or the roof of the house (where it can get some sunlight). Any suggestions? Thanks, John

Alanis, I've never heard of a toad burrowing, but that doesn't mean they don't do it. I have toad houses in the gardens which, if they show-up, keeps them happy. An overturned broken terra cotta pot makes a great toad house. During the heat of the day they are always looking for a cool place to snuggle and snooze. That may be what this little fella was lookin' for!

Here's some of mine... ALABAMA - A pretty rose that gets big blooms and grows about 5ft x 3ft. Decent disease resistance; fair repeat. AUTUMN GOLD - Very pretty rose. Mine is an own-root from Vintage Gardens many yrs ago. Blooms pretty decently, altho it could repeat better.. maybe if I fed the roses more often... It stays about 2-3ft x 2ft. BABY TALK - One of my favorites of the "Talk" series. Beautiful light lavender shapely blooms that occasionally get some "oddball"undertones... beigey. Stays very low. like not even 2ft x 2ft. CALICO - One of my favorites. Unfortunately it doesn't bloom as much as I'd like, but when it does, it's gorgeous. Grows about 4ft x 2ft. DISCO - A lovely red with white reverse that blooms really well. Unfortunagtely it fries in the hot summer sun tho. Grows about 4-5ft x 2 1/2ft. INK SPOTS - A gorgeous dark black-red that's hard to accurately photograph. Grows tall... up to 6ft x2-3ft. PILLOW TALK - My favorite of the "Talk" series... Gorgeous orchid-y mauve with yellow reverse ruffled blooms. Good repeat. Grows about 3ft x 2-3ft. SMALL TALK - A nice yellow shorty. Grows about the same as the other "Talk" roses. Not more than about 2 1/2ft x 2ft. Great repeat, lots of blooms.. WILD HONEY - a gorgeous light pink blender that I wish would repeat better than it does. Grows about 3ft x 2ft.