Re: wagons and carts

 trug 
Pronunciation: 'tr&g
Function: noun
Etymology: origin unknown
Date: circa 1864
chiefly British : a shallow rectangular gardening basket 

I think they look nice, but not comfortable for me to use - or store -
for my kind of garden work But for those of you who like them:

KEEP ON TRUGGIN'!!

Libby, as I mentioned earlier, keep an eye out for those Tool Tent
Sales, surely they have them everywhere. They pop up in large parking
lots here about every 3 or 4 months. And you have to be handy at putting
these things together. I also noticed this year that both Meijer
(regional) and Ace Hardware had the one with detachable mesh sides for
$69, but I didn't want to pay for sides that I didn't need. If I spot
any other sales I'll post.


Kitty
> Here's a site with some pictures:
> http://www.sussextrugs.com/
> 
> Depending on what I'm doing, I use either a big "contractor's" wheelbarrow
> or a large plastic bucket, the best one I think originally had 5 gallons of
> joint compound in it (a friend with friends in construction picked it up for
> me - they throw them out!).  I could really use a wagon of some sort,
> though.  Our property is very sloped, and somewhat over 1 1/2 acres so I
> have a ways to trudge.  Kitty, your wagon is what the nurseries here use as
> well - where in the world did you find it for such a good price?
> 
> I was in Boston for work this week (and the next 4) - it was snowing
> yesterday morning.  Although I used to live in western MA, I'm just not
> quite ready for frozen white stuff in the air!  And it's forecast to be
> 60-70 on Sunday there.  Choosing what to pack gets very confusing...
> 
> Libby
> Maryland zone 6
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <kmrsy@comcast.net>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Friday, October 24, 2003 10:53 AM
> Subject: RE: [CHAT] wagons and carts
> 
> 
> > Trugs.....
> > Donna, trugs were originally oblong baskets with low sides, used to
> > collect flowers so that they could lie flat. With the boom in baskets
> > and in gardening in recent years, the use of the word 'trug' has been
> > stretched to cover all manner of containers. But I'm sure you remember
> > some old movies where the lady would be collecting flowers from the
> > cutting garden and lay them in a long rather flat basket. That's a trug.
> >
> >
> > Kitty
> > > Just what is a trug?  I should know this, but can't seem to find it in
> > > my cluttered brain right now.....
> > >
> > > BTW Pam must be having mail problems also- got two personal messages
> > > returned here and figured I have the address correct since I only hit
> > > reply.... (so when you are back up and running Pam, the pictures are
> > > posted on the net)
> > >
> > > Donna
> > >
> > > >
> > > > Man, my e-mail must be messed up right now cause I'm not getting those
> > > > messages from Kitty.  Hmmm.  That's the same kind of wagon I have
> > > Kitty,
> > > > without the sides.  I LOVE mine.  But Pam bought me my first
> > > trug...and
> > > > now
> > > > I have 3 cause I use them so much.  But Pam's yard is much smaller
> > > than
> > > > mine
> > > > and I have to hual stuff everywhere.  In fact, when our oldest riding
> > > > lawnmower bites the dust, my husband is going to have the blades and
> > > stuff
> > > > removed and let me use it to attach my wagon to for when I work up at
> > > the
> > > > front entry of our farm or down in the pastures.
> > > >
> > > > Jesse R. Bell
> > >
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