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Now is the perfect time to build a frog house – it'll attract nature's best slug-busters to your garden

Frog house hibernaculum made from logs in garden.

Frogs are among the most beneficial wildlife you can find in the garden – they’ll eat slugs for you, for one. That’s why building a frog house for the garden is one of the best things you can do this month.

There are plenty of ways to attract frogs to your garden, but at this time of the year, ahead of hibernation, shelter is more crucial than ever. Providing them with that well-earned respite will help them bounce back (literally!) into their pest control roles next spring.

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