Languishing in the back shed of a friend of Our John’s was this very old four row planter. The moment he was offered it John was in the truck and collecting it. As near as we can work out with the minimum of research this looks like a John Deere 490 Planter. Maybe from the late 50’s?
And now it is in Johns back shed. He worked in it all yesterday and probably this weekend we will plant another stand if sweetcorn – just because we can! If he can work it out.
You can see why the old fella’s were frequently missing fingers.
So now we can plant crops for the pigs. Whatever corn we don’t eat or sell goes to them. Straight from the plant, cob and all. Above are two fast shots of part of the area that surrounds John’s workshop out at the home farm. This is where he will retire to at the end of this year. Lucky there is no wifi out there or I would never see him again!
All day the winds blew a gale and the storms passed us by. We just dried out even faster. Watching the rain roar North.
Until the Gods smiled on us and sent two quick deluges, with high winds and hail. I was thankful though. These squalls were the whip in the tail and within minutes of their passing the rain dropped and the skies cleared.
And all was well.
I need to work fast today. My last guest left yesterday and another couple arrive tomorrow. The airbnb is Rocking!
I hope you have a lovely day.
Love celi
WEATHER:
Sunny with a high of 78F. (My usual weather station will not load this morning!). Ah well.
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32 responses to “JOHN DEERE 490 PLANTER”
The farmy is greening up wonderfully, welcome to sunshine and spring indeed!
I’m glad the airbnb is going so well! One day I would love to stay. 😀
Yes! That would be great
The photo of the coupe’s verandah will stay with me as I sit on mine, somehow connected by those magic webs.
It is looking heavenly now the lilacs are growing
Love the planter, quite a beast, I keep checking old barns to find our own one day 🙂 Great to hear Airbnb is going well.
That’s a lot of projects for Our John in that row of vehicles. I would be giddy to get that planter.
“These squalls were the whip in the tail” SO love this expression (and glad you got a couple of wags with the whip; )
Congrats on the “new” seeder and yes, don’t forget to turn off the bloody PTO!
How nice that it is still intact. My Pa still has his Model A pickup. What is most impressive about it is that he is only the third owner of it! He got it from his father-in-law in Julesburg, and brought it to Washington, which was probably the first time it had ever been out of Colorado and Nebraska. Mr. Jensen (my Pa’s father-in-law) got it from his uncle, who purchased it new. I hope that it goes into a museum after my Pa is no longer driving it (which will be a while). I hate to think of it getting defiled and becoming one of those commodities that gets bought and sold by collectors with a lot of money that they do not spend on presentable clothing. (Why do those who spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on cars wear shorts, flip flops, ball caps and tee shirts that I would be embarrassed to sell at a garage sale?)
I would love to stay at your airbnb, just to look at all of John’s treasures! I see some beautiful classic cars and trucks, with the patina that is perfect. I think I spotted a Lincoln in the shed, as I could tell by the suicide doors. John is a lucky man to have amassed these treasures, and now have time to work on them when he retires. As the old saying goes, I would be in hog heaven to look at all his toys. Wai looks handsome. Poor little guy, to think anyone would do that to a living creature. You have done a most admiral job on healing him. You are a good Farmy Ma!
And that is only one of the rows. There are more cars than I can shake a stick at!
Great news on that airBnb … super image of that planter too Celi! Hope your weather settles soon, what is it about spring?