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South Carolina

This morning while forking in some grass clippings in my compost pile I uncovered a blue tailed lizard with what appeared to be 6-7 eggs nearby(slightly larger than a half runner bean seed in appearance). In an earlier dig I had found a toad frog. Has anybody else found any interesting 'discoveries' while turning their compost? Plastic coat hangers excluded....

6/17/2014 11:30:57 AM

Ham Lake, Minnesota

I'm sure you found a Skink. I have found two of them near my house this year along with toads, frogs, salamanders, man eating mosquitos with talons, you name it!

6/17/2014 12:01:45 PM

Anamosa, IA BPIowegian@aol.com

I'm always finding snakes in piles of weeds and grass clippings. Garter, little brown, fox, bull, rat and blue racers. Whenever I hear my wife let out a blood-curdling scream I know one got in the house. About a year ago we watched a mink chase a rabbit around the house. From the sounds we heard, the mink had a nice meal.

6/17/2014 3:19:55 PM

Johnston, Iowa

Found an AG sprouting out of my compost pile last week - gonna let it grow and see what happens. Other than that the craziest thing I've found is amazed by how aggressively roots from a nearby silver maple tree grow up into the compost pile.

6/17/2014 5:09:51 PM

Williamsburg,KY

About 15 or so black snake eggs in my compost a few years ago. Other than that a little toy truck.

6/17/2014 6:39:40 PM

Eastern Pennsylvania

I found a groundhog den underneath my compost pile this year. By Sunday they will all be dead or gone.

6/17/2014 7:46:01 PM

Bethlehem CT

My daughter found my wedding ring in the garden, which had been missing for a couple of years. I also found a couple old horseshoes.

6/18/2014 6:18:22 AM

Warwood

About 10 years ago I went to turn my compost pile and shoved the pitchfork into a nest of hornets, got stung about 12 times running to the house and then about 6 of them were flying around the house. I didn't have any reactions maybe a little dizziness.

6/18/2014 11:04:58 AM

southwest MO

I discovered a hole my son had dug when he was "helping" me and nearly broke my ankle

6/18/2014 1:07:41 PM

Farming- a bunch of catastrophies that result in a lifestyle

A human tooth once when I was a kid digging in the back yard....mom was pretty grossed out.

6/18/2014 1:20:39 PM