. Frogs are especially susceptible to poisoning from pesticides, herbicides, synthetic fertilizers, and other common garden chemicals because their hydration and respiration takes place through their porous skin. If you want to attract a healthy frog population, start by using organic gardening practices.  Instead of using synthetic fertilizer, encourage growth through picking nutrient-rich soils that are appropriate to each plant, rotating your crops to keep your soil rich, and using organic fertilizer when necessary. Keep in mind that once you've attracted frogs, you shouldn't have any need of chemical pesticides since a single frog will consume more than 10,000 bugs a season. You want to attract the right kind of frogs. Non-native frogs will compete with local ones for food and shelter. Sometimes they'll even eat local species. Their populations are also generally difficult to control because they have no natural predators.  Identify the species of frogs in your yard or garden to be sure that they're not invasive. Invasive.org has a list of dangerous non-native wildlife that can be searched by animal type and region.  If you do find invasive species of frogs in your yard or garden, contact your local government environmental agency, like your state's DNR, or a nonprofit conservation group, like the National Wildlife Federation, for advice and support about how to remove them responsibly. Frogs like to hide in tall grass and are frequent victims of lawn mowers. Be sure that you can see any rogue amphibians in your path by keeping the grass in your yard or garden well-trimmed. Most male frogs hibernate in water over the winter. A thin layer of ice will not harm them. However, if their water source is completely frozen, they won't survive. Protect any dormant amphibians by putting a pan of hot water over thickening ice. Many flowers and vegetables are poisonous to frogs. Protect the amphibian population in your yard or garden by either not planting species that are toxic to them or by planting them well away from your intended frog habitat.  Vegetables that are dangerous for frogs include eggplant, rhubarb, snow peas, and potatoes. Flowers that are toxic to frogs include honeysuckle, azaleas, hydrangeas, daffodils, and hyacinth.
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One-sentence summary -- Avoid using chemicals Keep out invasive species. Keep your grass short. Thaw water sources when necessary. Avoid plants that are toxic to frogs.

Article: through challenging tasks to see them to completion. Don’t give up on something that you’ve already started since it may seem like you’re unreliable. Instead, break up the task into smaller, more manageable goals so it doesn’t seem as intimidating. Work hard towards finishing the task to the best of your ability without rushing through any steps. Take time to do a high-quality job so it looks like you’re more responsible and able to complete difficult tasks.  For example, if you have a big project due in 2 weeks, work on it for a little while each day rather than trying to rush it right before the due date. It’s okay to ask for help or assistance if you feel overwhelmed or don’t know what steps to take next. Don’t push your responsibilities onto someone else since it could make you seem like you’re trying to avoid work. Write a list of things that you need to get done and do your best to work through them on your own. Start working through your list as soon as you can so you don’t feel rushed trying to complete them later on. Make time to do each of the tasks so you can complete them with the highest quality.  It’s alright to ask someone for help if you don’t know how to do something or you physically can’t do it on your own. Don’t have the other person do the work for you, but ask them to teach you so you can do it on your own the next time. Don’t take advantage of people that offer to do things for you. Choose goals that are SMART, or specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, and time bound, so you can feel like you’ve accomplished something when you complete them. Give yourself an end goal that you can easily track and finish in a certain amount of time. Track the progress of your goals using a journal or calendar so you can see what you need to complete in order to reach them.  For example, avoid setting a vague goal like, “Lose weight.” Instead, write your goal like, “Lose 5 pounds in 3 weeks.” That way, you can easily track how close you are to completion. You can set long-term goals as well as short-term goals so you’re always striving toward something. Helping other people can make you seem more selfless and caring, which will allow people to take you more seriously. Rather than only thinking about yourself, put yourself in other peoples’ perspectives so you can get a better understanding of their needs. Ask if there’s anything you can do to help, or do random acts of kindness, such as opening the door for someone or doing a chore without being asked. Don’t help other people just to make yourself seem better since it may come across as insincere. Show genuine interest in the person and the task they want to complete. Try doing things that you don’t normally want to do just to help other people out. Avoid doing things just because it will make you look better or more mature, but do them because you want to help out. Start practicing by giving up 1 thing that you want to do each week so you can join someone else for what they’d like to do. For example, you can give up playing video games on a weekend so you can spend time with your family. You won’t always be able to get what you want and sometimes, bad things will happen that you can’t change. Accept the circumstances of what’s happening and do your best not to let it affect you negatively. Try to look for the positive aspects of the situation so you can learn from it and apply it to your life going forward.  For example, if someone runs into your vehicle, don’t focus as much on the damage. Instead, be glad that you or nobody else got hurt. As another example, if your family moves to a different city, look forward to the new friends that you can make and places you can visit.
Question: What is a summary of what this article is about?
Persevere Try to do things by yourself without asking others to do them for you. Develop SMART goals for yourself to build your self-esteem. Assist other people to show that you care about them. Be willing to make sacrifices to seem more compassionate. Recognize some things are out of your control.