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ceejay48
Farmgirl Legend/Schoolmarm/Sharpshooter
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CeeJay (CJ)
Dolores
Colorado
USA
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 Posted - Jun 18 2010 : 08:49:41 AM
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Thought I'd share ANOTHER pic of my dad's handiwork.
I'll bet that none of you farmgirls have one of these contraptions!!!
My dad was an inventor out of necessity as a farmer. For many years when I was growing up he raised potatoes . . lots of 'em. He sold them local markets and built this thing to hang potatoe sacks from as we filled them for market. It goes around, has several arms on which he welded hooks, the sacks sat on a round "rod" platform on the bottom.
Well, this is another one of my claims from the farm and has been sitting in the back yard so long that a sagebrush was growing up through it. In order to earn one of the badges that requires using at least 15 tin cans in your garden we got it out of the sagebrush. I cleaned it up with wire brush and repainted it. Took my cans, drilled holes in the bottoms and ran baling wire through making little hangers and hung them on the "arms". I had a big metal snipped and bent flower that I attached to the center.
It goes around and the swinging cans do make a jingly sound. This sits at the bottom of my garden and "Sadie" stand guard at the top of the garden.
Another fun & funky projects . . . thanks dad!!!
CJ
..from the barefoot farmgirl in SW Colorado...sister chick #665
From my Heart - www.fromacelticheart.blogspot.com
From my Hands - www.cjscreations-ceejay.blogspot.com
From my Hubby - www.aspenforge.blogspot.com |
Edited by - ceejay48 on Jun 18 2010 08:51:39 AM |
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karla
True Blue Farmgirl
1308 Posts
karla
Pella
Iowa
USA
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Posted - Jun 18 2010 : 08:53:10 AM
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How ingenious-my grandpa was like that-he pateneted a harrow way back when that had wings that raised up so the farmers could do bigger sections. Wish I had some of that thinking.
Philippians 4:13 I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
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maggie14
True Blue Farmgirl
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Hannah
Washington
USA
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Posted - Jun 18 2010 : 10:04:37 AM
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That is so cute!
Hugs,
Channah
Farmgirl sister #1219
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sherrye
True Blue Farmgirl
3775 Posts
sherry
bend in the high desert
oregon
USA
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Posted - Jun 19 2010 : 07:13:34 AM
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papa thinks like your dad. we are always remaking things that are not used from old farms. i tell him wire duct tape and a screw gun we can make anything. cj this is so cool. good job and a merit badge too. happy days sherrye
the learn as we go silk purse farm
farmgirl #1014
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Karrieann
True Blue Farmgirl
1900 Posts
Karrieann
Northeast
Georgia
USA
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Posted - Jun 19 2010 : 08:47:05 AM
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CJ! Thanks for sharing.. it brings out the memories of my Grandpa, currently age 91. He was a carpenter whose specialty was cabinet making. He always created many things for us grandkids with the left overs.. rocking lamb, swings with horse shaped swing, ..many things!
Karrieann ~ Farmgirl Sister #766 (29 Sept 2009)
My Blog: ...following my heart, dreams and Jesus
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ceejay48
Farmgirl Legend/Schoolmarm/Sharpshooter
13816 Posts
CeeJay (CJ)
Dolores
Colorado
USA
13816 Posts |
Posted - Jun 19 2010 : 12:07:00 PM
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I was talking to our neighbors just this morning at Farmers Market (we have a vendor booth there) and talking about this "Garden-go-Round" them. Of course they weren't around these parts back in the potatoe raising days so they didn't know what it was. But they did say they have enjoyed twirling it around and listening to it.
I'm glad my neighbors are enjoying it too!!
CJ
..from the barefoot farmgirl in SW Colorado...sister chick #665
From my Heart - www.fromacelticheart.blogspot.com
From my Hands - www.cjscreations-ceejay.blogspot.com
From my Hubby - www.aspenforge.blogspot.com |
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classygram
True Blue Farmgirl
1812 Posts
Brenda
Pleasant Hill
Mo.
USA
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Posted - Jun 19 2010 : 5:55:23 PM
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CJ you have a mind full of great ideas. Just love seeing what you come up with!
Hugs, Brenda
"What lies behind us, and what lies before us are small matter compared to what lies within us."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Seek reasons to Love..In every sigment of everyday-look for something that brings forth within you a feeling of Love-Abraham Hicks |
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ceejay48
Farmgirl Legend/Schoolmarm/Sharpshooter
13816 Posts
CeeJay (CJ)
Dolores
Colorado
USA
13816 Posts |
Posted - Jun 19 2010 : 7:37:55 PM
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Thanks girls . . . this was fun!!! After doing this project and the gate I was looking out the bedroom window and, lo and behold!!!
Another project in the making. Sitting out there unused for many, many years are two chicken nests that . . . yup, you guessed it . .
my dad made. He used 55 gallon drums and his "invent out of necessity" skills and made two of them. We used them in the henhouse back when I was a kid and there were about 300 laying hens. We "cabbaged" onto these two when we had our own chickens some years back . . been sitting in the back yard for a long time.
Hmmmmmmm . . . now what will I come up with next!!!! Guess we'll see, huh??
THANKS AGAIN!!
CJ
..from the barefoot farmgirl in SW Colorado...sister chick #665
From my Heart - www.fromacelticheart.blogspot.com
From my Hands - www.cjscreations-ceejay.blogspot.com
From my Hubby - www.aspenforge.blogspot.com |
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
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Bear5
True Blue Farmgirl
13055 Posts
Louisiana/Texas
USA
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Posted - Jun 20 2010 : 10:22:30 AM
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Interesting and rather clever. Thanks for sharing.
Marly
"It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth- and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up- that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had." Elisabeth Kurler-Ross |
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