Backyard Aquaponics
A place to discuss aquaponics

my older brother used to work in a cemetary with a bunch of ponds.. plenty of summer weekends we'd go out at night gigging and each of us would fill a 5 gal bucket with frogs..
froglegs are delish! i like them breaded and fried best (sometimes with tartar/cocktail sauce), but they're pretty damned good fried in bacon fat too,, with a mess of bluegill on the side!

Thats great Jaymie. would'nt it be great if this bacame a national event. I particularly liked the following section

"If you are planning to participate in this year's Earth Hour on Saturday 23 March, why not use this time for a little adventure with Operation Toad Day Out? You could 'kill two birds with one stone!" You don't have to spend your Earth Hour indoor in the dark being bored. A more interesting way would be to go outdoor and hunt for Cane Toads. The balmy evening is perfect to spend outdoors. The wet season has provided good conditions for the cane toads to multiply, so there will be many of them hopping around our region - even in your own backyard! "


it sure is a game the whole family can play

Well just when I started thinking the toad wacking was over until next summer, weve had a bit of warmer wet weather and the toads have come out of hibernation this week. I got 5 around the silver perch pond and a couple around our compost bins last night .

Earlier in the week we had visitors, a freind of ours with her 9 year old son. His little face lit up when I said I was going to wack the toads.

I handed him my trusty wacking stick, found a big toad with the torch. he cracked it a beauty first shot. it was the only one we found.

He very exitedly told his mother about our expedition and discribed his fantastic shot. sadly she didnt quite get it and gave me filthy looks for a while .

The little fella went home with a big smile on his face and is keen to come back for another go.

Well its on again boys and girls.

we have gone straight from winter into 30C+ days and the dreaded Cane Toads are on the move.
got a couple early in the week.
Splatted 5 on Wednesday night.
4 last night around the compost bins.

Happy toad whacking season to all

O joy O joy just what I have been waiting for. Give me acall if you are free mate.

Bazza

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mfn7uLY_dI

Great work Joblow,

Its been years since Ive seen this one

Blind Freddie it's and oldie but a goodie

well its on again, have ben clobbering up to a dozen every night lately due to the warm weather.

Today we got 50mm of rain, best we've had for about a year that's got them on the move. Tonight I wacked 20 around the yard and splattered a dozen or so on the drive home from work.

good work BF

Blind Freddie smoking & licking them is also good fun, and there might be a market for the skins


http://www.bluelight.org/vb/archive/ind ... 23684.html

BF you will be in you element now with last nights rain.

Long time no see mate is the kettle on?

[quote="joblow"]Blind Freddie smoking & licking them is also good fun, and there might be a market for the skins


Well joblow Ill have a go if you go first, in the mean time I'll stick to the secret herbs and spices

Blind Freddie just sell the skins, so far there's no law against it