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Farm Art Friday: Vintage Wheel Rake

December 5, 2014 By Talya Tate Boerner

Farm Art Friday: Vintage Hay Wheel Rake

Happy Farm Art Friday everyone:)

While my friends and I explored the Mulberry River Valley a few days ago, I noticed this old farm implement hidden in the trees at the edge of a field. Inside the boundaries of the Ozark National Forest, we were surrounded by natural beauty and true Arkansas history in a place largely unchanged by time. This hay rake looked at home, part of the landscape. I wondered if its original owner lay buried in the Yale Cemetery only steps away.

Yale Cemetery, Johnson Co, Ar

Yale Cemetery, Johnson Co, Ar

 

“In the name of God, stop a moment, cease your work, look around you.”
― Leo Tolstoy

Yes, let’s take some time this weekend to do what Tolstoy said… okay?

Grace Grits and Gardening

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Video below shows a similar hay rake (named Fergie) in action. Very cool!

[tweetthis url=”http://bit.ly/1FTCbMn”]Stop a moment, cease your work, look around you. Tolstoy #FarmArt [/tweetthis]

Filed Under: Arkansas, Farm Tagged With: Northwest Arkansas, Ozark National Forest, vintage farm equipment

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Hi! I'm Talya Tate Boerner. Writer, Reader, Arkansas Master Naturalist / Master Gardener, Author of

THE ACCIDENTAL SALVATION OF GRACIE LEE (2016)

GENE, EVERYWHERE: a life-changing visit from my father-in-law (2020)

BERNICE RUNS AWAY (2022)

THE THIRD ACT OF THEO GRUENE (coming 2025)

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