Mystery object - appears on lawn edges?

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  1. Frank

    Frank GardenStew Founder Staff Member Administrator

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    Hi all,

    Did you know my older brother also runs a garden forum? :) Over at his forum there is a member Dancer who is trying to identify a lawn object from their youth. Another member Greengage managed to get some photos of the object but its use is a mystery! Here is the thread in question...
    That little white thing.....

    ...and here are the images:

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    Mystery Lawn Object Photo #1 ( photo / image / picture from Frank's Garden )


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    Mystery Lawn Object Photo #2 ( photo / image / picture from Frank's Garden )

    Anyone have any ideas?
     
  2. eileen

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    I don't have a clue but it looks as though something should be attached to the two pegs. Could possibly be something to do with creating straight lines??
    I hope someone can ID it as I'd love to know exactly what it was used for.
     
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    stratsmom Flower Fanatic

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    maybe an aerator? :shrug:
     
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    Seems your brother found his answer. Lawn decoration.
     
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  5. KK Ng

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    Could be some kind of gnomes tool.
     
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    Frank GardenStew Founder Staff Member Administrator

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    Thanks for your inputs guys!
     
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    waretrop Strong Ash Plants Contributor

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    Frank, It's an old fence from thousands of years ago that is working it's way up to the surface with all the rain and soft earth.

    Call the historians. Your brother will become famous over this.
     
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    waretrop Strong Ash Plants Contributor

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    :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

    Frank donated a seed to my post. He thought that was funny too.

    Sometimes my imagination runs wild.

    :p :p :p
     
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    Barb--Yes it does. When I saw you had commented on this very odd bit of garden...something (I don't know what to call it), I just had to read your post. I knew you would come up with something humorous.
     
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    waretrop Strong Ash Plants Contributor

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    Must be in that sort of mood today. I have looked at this over and over again and had no thoughts....but...today was different.

    I have a full story in my head about this garden fence from long ago. The people lived so long ago that sediment filled in over the whole land. Their wood preservation became a lost art. The earth is pushing it up into this lawn from the heat below it.

    Soon more objects will appear. Maybe even the cow that the fence held in. :rolleyes:
     
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    It's killing me to know what it is! Frank do you know what it is?

    Barb you have a great explanation, I think I'll go with it if Frank don't have an answer :D :D :D
     
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    Jerry Sullivan Garden Experimenter Plants Contributor

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    It's a tool left behind by those who create crop circles. Like the circles we are doomed to speculate about its meaning.

    Jerry

    P.S. Speculation is much more fun than actually knowing what it is. Actually I think that not all of the object is there. :)
     
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    :D :D :D now I can see the cows appearing in my sleep :?: :-? :?:
     
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    On my brother's forum they seem to have concluded that they are purely ornamental. I don't see the appeal myself! :stew1:
     
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    Looks like a tp holder for an outhouse.
     
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