Might have found a partially eaten raw turkey in our garden one Christmas, but luckily, the cat flap was too small for our cat to drag it through. In our last house, we dug up an ammonite, at least 18 inches across. It sat in the garden border for years, I meant to bring it with us when we moved, but forgot at the last minute. They were very common round there, saw quite a few incorporated into garden walls.
Might have found a partially eaten raw turkey in our garden one Christmas, but luckily, the cat flap was too small for our cat to drag it through. In our last house, we dug up an ammonite, at least 18 inches across. It sat in the garden border for years, I meant to bring it with us when we moved, but forgot at the last minute. They were very common round there, saw quite a few incorporated into garden walls.
That would have been some talking point at your new place.
In my childhood garden, the earth was cleared from and area of the garden and they found.... a massive great well, right outside the front door. In fairly central London. The house was basically built in a river. A rather foolish place to build a house.
The next owner of our garden is going to have an interesting geological find. I used to have a rock and fossil collection, including some decent sized pieces of granite brought back from Scotland. I am leaving this all behind, because I simply have no interest any longer. I will bury it close to the surface - quartz, topaz, tigers-eye, amethyst, and so much more. I wonder what will be thought of the local geology, given that we live on the chalky north downs?
How to confuse the generations to come!!
I'm wondering what else I can legally leave buried?
As I have said before, we have a time capsule full of a great range of ephemera buried in a recently built stone wall in the garden. There is no indication it is there and it is likely to remain undiscovered for 100+ years.
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In our last house, we dug up an ammonite, at least 18 inches across. It sat in the garden border for years, I meant to bring it with us when we moved, but forgot at the last minute. They were very common round there, saw quite a few incorporated into garden walls.
I ♥ my garden.
Down our allotment I found an animal graveyard, mostly pigs we think, a large carpet and most surprisingly, a complete downstairs window.
I will bury it close to the surface - quartz, topaz, tigers-eye, amethyst, and so much more. I wonder what will be thought of the local geology, given that we live on the chalky north downs?
How to confuse the generations to come!!
I'm wondering what else I can legally leave buried?