One of the many

Just to illustrate the problem, there are probably half a dozen toads per square yard in the vegetable garden. Nestling under leaves and boards, finding their way deeper into the soil via cracks or mole/mouse tunnels. All ready to be trodden on, spiked or bisected by a spade at any point. It has made gardening really difficult. Only a tiny percentage have been harmed by gardening directly, but it's very upsetting when it happens. One jumped under my foot as I walked down the path this week. On the other, hand it's obviously a fantastic habitat for them. I can't say I've ever noticed any benefit from the presence in terms of reduced slug numbers though. Both are present in plague proportions!