I am putting a new Yard Garden Windmill Product site together. I am using the DREAM THEME from Go for Your Dream. So far I am really liking this theme. This is a Word Press Site. Come on over and take a look or even better come back and watch the site come together. YARD GARDEN WINDMILLS. If you use Word Press be sure to subscribe to the free Word Press Tip of the Day from GFYD – amazing, invaluable information!!!!
Tags: dream them, dream theme, GFYD, go for your dream, wordpress, yardgarden windmill, yardgarden windmills
College is starting soon – I have 8 foot windmills for three colleges – Powder Coated Steel – Made in the USA– University of Nebraska Huskers, Iowa State Cyclones and Iowa University Hawkeyes.
I also have Antique Copper weathervanes in roof mount, post mount, deck mount and garden stake for 38 different colleges – These are powder coated steel and made in the USA
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Weathervane
Alabama Crimson Tide Weathervane
Arkansas Razorbacks Weathervane
Auburn Tigers Weathervane
Clemson Tigers Weathervane
Duke Blue Devils Weathervane
Florida Gators Weathervane
Florida State Seminoles Weathervane
Georgia Bulldogs Weathervane
Illinois Fighting Illini Weathervane
Indiana Hoosiers Wethervane
Iowa Hawkeyes Weathervane
Iowa State Cyclones Weathervane
Kansas Jayhawks Weathervane
Kansas State Wildcats Weathervane
Kentucky Wildcats Weathervane
Louisville Cardinals Weathervane
Louisiana State LSU Tigers Weathervane
Michigan Wolverines Weathervane
Michigan State Spartans Weathervane
Missouri Mizzou Tigers Weathervane
Nebraska Huskers Weathervane
North Carolina Tar Heels Weathervane
Ohio State Buckeyes Weathervane
North Carolina State Wolfpack Weathervane
Oklahoma Sooners Weathervane
Notre Dame Fighting Irish Weathervane
Oklahoma State Cowboys Weathervane
Penn State Nitney Lions Weathervane
Purdue Boilermakers Weathervane
South Carolina Gamecocks Weathervane
Tennessee Volunteers Weathervane
Texas A&M Aggies Weathervane
Texas Longhorns Weathervane
Texas Tech Red Raiders Weathervane
Virginia Tech Hokies Weathervane
West Virginia Mountaineers Weathervane
Bronco Weathervane
Wisconsin Badgers Weathervane
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I have made a number of changes to the Yard Garden Windmill site. The first thing that has changed is the checkout. I had thought that adding Pay Pal Buy Now buttons to each item would make it easier for customers to Check Out. For most customers the Buy Now button did work, however for a number of customers this became an aggravation. Because of this all of the Pay Pal Buy Now buttons have been deleted and check out is back to the Add to Cart check out that is part of the way the site works.
I have updated the FAQ section to help customers understand the way the check out works. Each item now has a link to the FAQ where the Check Out information is located. You can click HERE to see the FAQ and check out instructions.
I have also added and options menu to the Antique Copper weathervanes to make it easier to choose which mount you want. There now are pictures of the mounts. Just click on the mount you want and then check out.
Tags: college weathervanes, college windmills, Garden Windmill, weathervanes
A couple of years ago I got an order from a businessman from Singapore. This businessman made a huge difference to me at the time. This businessman called me on the phone several times from Singapore. He called at a time when things were not going well for me. (eBay sales had been dropping, and the US economy was just beginning to crash) I am truly grateful for those phone conversations, he encouraged and reminded me to just keep moving forward, to not give up and that everything has a way of just working out. He was at the time truly a shining light during a time of darkness. I had forgotten that Spirit, God, the Universe always opens new doors when old doors begin to close.
From the encouragement and conversations with this businessman at the time I began moving forward. I have been saying Yes to the Universe, to Sprit. Rather than giving up I have been learning a lot of new things, I have added to my product lines and learned new ways to market. I am finalizing a new site Geezer n Geek and very soon I will be beginning a whole new series of opportunities from what I have been learning since this man encouraged me not to give up, not to look back and to simply move forward.
Right at the time when the new opportunities have begun to open up and become reality, I got an email from this businessman, placing a new order a couple of days ago. He enclosed a two photos of the windmills I had shipped to him a couple of years back. So here are the photos – I wanted to share how much these mean to me, and to say Thank You to the Universe, God, Spirit for sending this businessman to me and for his help and encouragement.
Tags: 4.5 foot windmill, Garden Windmill, Geezer n Geek, photos, Singapore
In the free computer tips I will be mentioning some tools and software that I use a lot on my computers. Some of the tools and software are free and some are things you can buy. In the how to use your computer class I will be showing you how to get some of these tools and software onto you computer and how to use it.
In the class and webinars I will be showing you some free tools and how they work and will also show some tools you pay for and how they work. The goal is to show you a free way of getting something done and a paid way of getting things done. There will a lot of free information and tips on the site. There will also be a “membership” area where you will have available much more detail and on screen tutorials on how to do things. The membership area will have a monthly fee.
I will also soon have a course on how to use your computer available soon. This course will be available for purchase soon.
If you want to begin to learn how to use your computer and or learn a lot about the Internet there will soon be a pace on the Geezer n Geek site where you can sign up for free tips and information.
Tags: computer instruction, computer learning, internet instruction, internet tutorials
I have been working on a new site Geezer n Geek It is pretty “rough” right now – however I do want to invite you to “take a look” as I put the site together.
What does this new site have to do with windmills and weather vanes? I get phone calls quite often from people who want a windmill or weathervane but do not know how to buy things on line or use their computer. I also get people coming into the store and also emailing me that they just do not know much about how to use their computer or how to connect and use things like their digital camera, video camera, iPod or other music playing device, iPhone and other smart phones and so on.
I have been asking my windmill customers if they would like to learn how to use their computer better, I have been asking people who come into the store the same thing – I keep hearing some of the same things. “computer illiterate” is something I hear a lot. So I am putting the Geezer n Geek site together to offer a place to learn about computers and some of the “new” technology.
I also get emails and have people asking me how to do things like get on Facebook, or put their photos in an email or on Facebook.
It just seems that a number of people are really struggling when it comes to computers, the Internet, application software, electronic gadgets and on and on. So I am putting together several things that will help people become a lot more comfortable with the technology and electronic gadgets and do that in a way that is in plain English rather than “tech or geek” speak.
As you watch me put the site together you will see I am really just learning how to do this type of site. Even though I have a couple of sales sites and a couple of blog sites already I am learning and experiment with this site. I will be posting more on this site as I make it work. I will be recommending a number of tools, classes, instruction that I find useful in learning.
Geezer n Geek will have a number of tips, ideas, tutorials, simple instructions and live webinars to help people learn to use their computers and or learn how to do more with their computers.
It appears that a lot of people my age (baby boomer) and older have gotten computers and can do some basic web searches, send email and maybe have gotten on Facebook but just do not know much about how to actually use their computer.
What Geezer n Geek is about is a place where people can learn to use their computer, and how to do things with their computer like bring digital photos from their phone or camera on to their computer.
There will be a number of free tips and tutorials and there will also be some courses and webinars designed to help people get much more comfortable with technology. You can overcome being “computer literate” and we can help.
Watch as I build up the site. There will be places where you can sign up to receive simple computer tips and tutorials and if you sign up you will be not only kept in the loop you will be able to tell me what you would like to learn to do with your computer. A lot of the upcoming classes will be based on what you want to learn how to do, or what is giving you problems with using and understanding your computer.
Tags: blog, computer instruction, computer tutorial, digital camera, digital video, facebook, members site, weathervanes, windmills, Word Press
Back in the late 1890’s there were a number of windmill companies in the Midwest. As people began to develop agriculture in the Midwestern plains a source of good clean clear water was found 50 to 100 feet below the surface. The Midwestern plains has few rivers. Livestock was a part of farming and windmills were a part of raising cattle and hogs. On just about every plains farm there was at least one windmill. I grew up in Central Nebraska – we had a windmill at our main farm as well as at least one on several pasture lands we had for grazing cattle. Water was pumped into cattle tanks from the windmills. You could travel west to the sand hills and see hundreds of windmills in dozens of styles from a number of manufacturers out on the farms and ranches.
There were also windmills along the railways for the steam trains. There are still quite a few operating windmills in western Nebraska and in the Sand Hills area however as time goes by the number become fewer and fewer. In the Central Plains rural electricity became more available plus the water table dropped – the result was that deeper wells had to be drilled to get water. The windmills could not pump water from these deeper wells. Only about 100 feet was pretty much the maximum. The windmills were replaced with electric submersible pumps in many areas. Windmill manufacturers either went out of business or started making other things. Windmill parts became difficult to find and windmill maintenance became more and more time consuming.
There are several museums and historic windmill collections around. There is an annual event where people sell and swap windmills and windmill parts. CLICK HERE for a link to the Windmill Trade Fair and Windmill Museum to one of the windmill Museums. Here is a great site about windmills this Museum is in Lubbock Texas. Here is another great resource if you are into windmills and windmill history – The Windmillers Gazette has some back issues and reprints.
This year the Windmill Trade fair was held in York Nebraska – Windmillers Trade Fair. I really had hoped to attend this event this year but just could not get away. I am hoping that there will photos up on one of the above site about this years Windmill event.
Something interesting to do is Google the various manufacturers represented by the 17” mini windmills – there is some very interesting information available. There now are 7 of the “brand name mini windmills – Dempster and Eli being the most recent. Others are the Currie, Fairbury, Heller Aller and Kirkwood. There are 7 others – the plain tailed 17”, the Aero, Stars and Stripes, Texas, Route 66, Kansas and the Commemorative models to make a total of 14 of the mini windmills available. This Link will take you to where you can see the 14 made in the USA mini windmills that I carry.
The second new mini windmill is a model of the ELI from Kregel Windmill Company – Nebraska City, Nebraska. "Stop working for the oil kings!" Use the wind to pump water and save time and money." from a 1922 ad for the Eli Windmill Company. (make one wonder if we had paid attention to this message by the Kregel Company then where we would be today) The Eli windmills were made by George Kregel beginning in 1891. The Kregel Windmill company building still exists in Nebraska City although they have not made windmills for the past 40 years. The tools and equipment are still there and an effort is being made to preserve the building and equipment as a museum. The Eli windmills were locally sold and so were rarely seen further than 60 miles from Nebraska City.
Tags: Eli Windmill, George Kregel, Kregel Windmill company, Kregel Windmill museum, Nebraska City Nebraska
There two new mini windmills now available. This is the first of the two. This is a model of the 1922 Dempster from Dempster which was located at Beatrice Nebraska. Dempster Mill Manufacturing was founded in 1978. The made windmills, hand pumps, water well products and agricultural implements. The company today is still in Beatrice Nebraska is now called Dempster Industries. They now make submersible pumps, still are making farm inplements and have gotten into recycling trailers, and wind energy products.
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