How cool is that! That's great. Was it a red eared slider or whatever they're called?

Wow, what a totally great find! I only seem to find gross stuff when I dig, LOL!

Trudi :0)

Yeah, momma was a red eared slider...hmm..sounds like a country song....Last spring the puppy was going bannnas at the front door and when I looked outside there was whatlooked to me to be a tortoise digging in the flower bed. I didn't see the red ear markings at the time because I guess it was too covered in dirt and I thought it was just digging itself a burrow for the day. I gave it to the neighbor who tried to keep it in his raised garden, but it had other ideas and meandered off. I never thought another thing about it til these little guys started popping out of the ground. It's a good thing I decided to use a trowel instead of a shovel. I was amazed to find fifteen of them in such a small space. They must of been living off the insects in the mulch before trying to find a watery home. I should have stacked them up in a pyramid and taken a piture.

What little cuties they are! I have 5 r.e.s. and we only had 3 lovely little babies this year! My grandson has them and they are very tame.

Glad you were using a trowel!

Susie