I found some old farm seeders at an Estate sale last weekend. My Dear Hubby and I followed the sign down a short dusty road to a farm crawling with bargain seekers. We rummaged through the treasures out in the carport and garage before making our way inside. I managed to have a pretty good stack of my finds saved out by the chain link fence and ended up spending about thirty dollars. I was making my way back to the car when I spotted a bunch of old farm equipment in the field with price tags blowing in the wind. My heart started to race as I headed over to area. I was disappointed to find SOLD written on almost every tag. Did that stop me from looking? Of course not! I started exploring, dodging the cactus and the fire ants and found an old rusty cylinder full of seeder wheels. Now, I am not really sure this is the correct term for these old implements, but I do know they were used to spread the seeds in the fields. The seeds would be dispersed according to how big the holes were and where the holes were placed. I am not sure about the wheels that don't have any holes... I grew up in West Texas, but only would visit farms, not live on one. So, I found someone to give me a price on my goodies and we took them to the car. I just about skipped all the way there.
Nothing like a little rust to make me happy!
Besides hanging them on the wall, I thought they would make cool plate chargers.The old rusty patina is ironically rich looking.
This seeder is sitting under an old copper pitcher with some other rusty element I picked up somewhere in my adventures. Oh, and an old lampshade.
I placed this charger on a copper plate.
My kids thought I had lost my marbles when I concocted this wind chime! It actually has a unique sound blowing in the breeze.
(Although in Texas, that would be wind!)
