Wannaskan Almanac for Tuesday July 7, 2026 Farm Finds

While driving my usual 2000 mile summer trip I started to notice something.  It seems like every farm that we passed, and we passed a lot of them, has a slew of old, broken down farm machinery tucked away.  Some of them are right in the yard, others are out in the middle of a field, and some are scattered in forested areas.  I assume that the machinery is left where it either becomes unusable or breaks down.

That is just one theory of how these relics end up all over the farm.  Another postulation is that they are decorations.  It is like the whole farm is a giant evergreen tree and each piece of slowly rusting machinery is a piece of garland or tinsel.  

I do remember my Aunt and Uncle holding onto different pieces of machinery to use for spare parts.  This had a double benefit.  When you took off a piece of a parts unit you learned a little mare about how it worked and (hopefully) how to put it back together.  And it was much cheaper than buying a new piece of machinery...even including the price of peroxide and bandaids!

There were times, however, when you just weren't able to salvage an item from the boneyard.  Things on the farm would come to a screeching halt.  This wasn't necessarily a bad thing.  We would all scrub up our hands and put on our town clothes and go to the parts dealer, which was conveniently placed beside a store that sold ice cream.  I guess if you are going to pay big bucks for a little part you might as well get some comfort food!

The dance of the double dip dairy!

Decaying, decorations, or dumpster diving donation diesels...these dinosaurs often times led to a delicious double dip.