Reptiles & Amphibians In Your Garden - Garden Experiments https://www.gardenexperiments.com/category/backyard-wildlife/reptiles-amphibians/ For the love of gardening and wildlife habitat Tue, 06 Dec 2022 16:05:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6 https://www.gardenexperiments.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/cropped-favicon-32x32.png Reptiles & Amphibians In Your Garden - Garden Experiments https://www.gardenexperiments.com/category/backyard-wildlife/reptiles-amphibians/ 32 32 How Do Frogs Survive in Winter? By Freezing! https://www.gardenexperiments.com/frogs-survive-winter/ Tue, 06 Dec 2022 09:37:00 +0000 https://www.gardenexperiments.com/?p=4113 Have you ever wondered what happens to the frogs in your backyard in winter? From 64 degrees during the day to 20 degrees at night, the following day is a dramatic change. Frogs are cold-blooded animals and derive their body temperature from the air surrounding them. So, at 20 degrees, will they freeze and die? […]

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]]> How to Help a Turtle Cross the Road https://www.gardenexperiments.com/how-to-help-a-turtle-cross-the-road/ Wed, 08 May 2019 20:39:25 +0000 https://www.gardenexperiments.com/?p=4313 If you drive down a country road or through neighborhood street in the spring, you’re likely to see at least one turtle trying to cross the road and maybe even some that didn’t make it across the road. Sometimes you’ll even see them on big four-lane roads. It’s hard to see a turtle with his […]

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]]> Cute Green Porch Visitors: Green Tree Frogs https://www.gardenexperiments.com/cute-green-porch-visitors/ Wed, 27 Sep 2017 11:36:45 +0000 https://www.gardenexperiments.com/?p=3995 After a week of fall temperatures (one week BEFORE fall), we are back in the heat and humidity of a typical summer day even though we are now officially in the fall season. On a particularly humid night, I opened the back door of my house to see these two little cuties hanging out. They […]

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]]> Be Careful What You Bring Indoors https://www.gardenexperiments.com/careful-bring-indoors/ Wed, 26 Oct 2016 22:46:06 +0000 http://www.gardenexperiments.com/?p=3264 The air is getting crisper and the temperatures are dropping. It’s getting close to the time to bring your plants indoors for the winter. I have a lot of potted plants, so each year, I have to pick and choose the ones that I am going to try to save and those that I will leave […]

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]]> Backyard Wildlife Summer 2016 https://www.gardenexperiments.com/backyard-wildlife-summer-2016/ Fri, 22 Jul 2016 17:04:17 +0000 http://www.gardenexperiments.com/?p=2906 This summer has been full of weird and wonderful backyard wildlife. From a nest of barred owls to frogs to snakes and turtles, I’ve seen a lot in my garden and backyard. Watching wildlife is one of the things I enjoy so much about my garden and yard. It’s why I work hard to create […]

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]]> If It Were a Snake, It Would Have Bit Me https://www.gardenexperiments.com/if-it-were-a-snake-it-would-have-bit-me/ Thu, 16 Jul 2015 19:31:29 +0000 http://www.gardenexperiments.com/?p=2153 How many times have you said this, “if it were a snake, it would have bit me?” I’ve heard people around here say it a lot, but I think it has a new meaning for me now. There are  lot of snakes in the South. It’s just a fact of life that if you spend […]

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