Stairway to heaven?

Well, if your a frog, and your looking for somewhere to raise your young, then lets hope so? As a follow up from my Everyone has room for a pond post, this is my attempt at dealing with the issue of access into my pond.

So my aim was to turn this rough mess of breeze block, rocks and wood, into something respectable and not too wobbly. My aim here being that flogs and other water based invertebrate's will use the slope/steps to access my mini-pond.

So first off, I constructed a very simple framework to rest the logs on. The purpose of this was to raise the logs off the ground, because I had three tubes placed on the ground. These being for shelter.

This frame was given three 'legs' of timber, and these were hammered into the ground. The frame is now secured.

I added the first sawn piece of log in place. As you can see, I have also drilled holes into the ends of some of the larger logs, to provide insect homes too.

if all goes well, this will be my own little eco-terminator habitat!

Next I added further logs in place. These were a mix of sizes, to allow proper stacking of the logs. You can't see it in the photo, but I have also drilled holes into the logs and the frame, and secured the logs in place with wooden dowels (pegs).

This will hopefully give the structure more rigidity than just gravity alone?

And here we are, almost finished! As you can see, the logs are all stacked on top of each, providing a stepped slope to the pond.

Lets just hope that when spring comes, and frogs/toads are looking for somewhere to call home, that they find my pond?

Oh yeah, and that my cat, Jacob, lets them find it!!!

The logs, by the way, were from a building site that I pass everyday on my way to work. I saw them cutting down these trees, and just went up to them and asked if I could have some logs. They were more than happy to help. Think they wanted me to take the lot, but I could only manage 5 logs!