Each day I raise the piece of plywood that covers my “worm tea” and stare into the eyes of a tiny Pacific Tree Frog. The little creature is living on the side of the plastic tub. When startled, he dives into the water and stays there until the cover is replaced and he can enjoy his dark, moist, environme
I’ve never seen a frog in my garden before, although I’ve heard them call on spring evenings after it rains. Cambria is not normally moist enough for frogs except near springs and creeks. Our home is on a hillside with no year-round sitting water.
I use the tub for catching rain-water in the winter and for making nutritious worm tea for feeding potted plants. I put a few scoops of worm castings in the tub then fill it about half full with water. Then, after it has steeped for a few days, I use the “worm tea” for watering plants.
Obviously, the tub has become the home of a tiny tree frog. Using the website Identifying California Frogs and Toads, I believe the little tree frog to be a Pacific Treefrog, most likely a Sierran Treefrog that has wandered a bit south of its boundaries. According to the map, we are on the border of the habitat for the Baja California Treefrog but my little frog favors the Sierran Treefrog in appearance.
Habitat boundaries for the Pacific Treefrog:
Orange: Sierran Treefrog
Red: Baja California Treefrog
Purple: Northern Pacific Treefrog
