Over resent days I have been digging up new garden beds to make way for a row of olive trees, which I will create into an attractive edible hedge. While pulling out the ground cover I came across a couple hidden treasure.
The first, a Penny dated 1912, which is the second year of minting of this copper coin, apparently the pennies were in circulation from 1911 to 1960.
The second was a gold Omega watch with an inscription on the back “N.I.Worland, in recognition of 25 years of service with the Ford Motor Company of Australia Pty. Ltd. Oct 1959.
I know that they are no ancient relics like the ones you may come across in Europe, but in this countries short history, they are as good as…
Fill free to let me know in the comments below of any weird and wonderful things that you may have found when gardening in your backyard.
September 6th, 2009 at 5:48 pm
Weird, yes; wonderful - No. I keep coming across pieces of cassette tape. Little pieces, ranging from a couple of inches to about 3 feet long, in the earth, in widely separated parts of my yard.
What accounts for it?
I’m in eastern US.
October 30th, 2009 at 1:28 am
A full dog skeleton!!!
January 6th, 2010 at 10:47 pm
While farming my garden patch and shifting soil came across a diamond filagree ring.. cleaned it up and it is gorgeous. By the way congratulations on bringing backyard farming to your country. Your backyard farmer pioneered the way in 2006 in the USA.
January 7th, 2010 at 12:11 am
Hi Donna, we started the Little Veggie Patch Co a couple years back, and I had started this blog just last year. Please send us an email and hopefully we can share learning.
March 3rd, 2010 at 9:14 pm
I turned up a gorgeous old metal boot scraper in the shape of sausage dog, stuck under the fence in the rental house backyard I’ve been fixing up. He now sits proudly by the back door steps, nobly guarding the house from mucky feet