Lots of very cool things in this thread !
Here's a "doo-hickey" I found a few years ago in the back of a property that was completely overgrown with trees, shrubs, weeds, old car parts, furniture, appliances,etc.
The house had been sitting vacant for years and someone bought the property and was tearing the place down. I drove by and saw a crew of guys hauling out everything imaginable and curiosity got the best of me.
When I saw this I knew I had to have it. The finish had all worn off of it and was down to the bare concrete. (It weighs about 600 lbs. and took 4 of us to move it out and put it in my truck.)
I took the pressure nozzle to it and all the old paint came right off, so I repainted it and put it in my garden. ( I'm not the best faux painter that ever came along, but I like how it turned out.) The gnome was an add-on someone gave me for Christmas.
I need to replant it with fall and winter color so don't pay attention to the plants that are in it right now. Broke the sprinkler pipe when I was moving it to this spot, but it's since been buried and it's not seen anymore.
