Re: wagons and carts

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• To: g*@hort.net
• Subject: Re: [CHAT] wagons and carts
• From: "Jesse Bell" j*@hotmail.com
• Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2003 15:30:06 -0500

From: kmrsy@comcast.net
Reply-To: gardenchat@hort.net
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Subject: Re: [CHAT] wagons and carts
Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2003 20:13:02 +0000

Ah, but that's not a trug - it's a tub-trug. That's what I meant about
the word trug being applied these days to all kinds of containers.
Essentially a tub-trug is a tub with handles, not a trug at all. Trugs
are shallow, tubs are deep. Tub-trug is an oxymoron. But it's yours so
you can call it a trug. ;+)


Kitty
> O.K., the place that I ordered my trug from (the purple one...like I gave
> Pam)...the website is under construction but if you go to GOOGLE and enter
> "Plastic Trugs" on the search line, then scroll down till you see "Tub
> Trug-Red..." and click on that..you'll see what we are talking about. They
> are about the size of a laundry basket, with handles and are very flexible
> and bendable, and can hold a LOT of stuff. I use mine for mixing dirt,
> weeding and hauling off weeds, water, tools....my husband uses his to fill
> up with feed and he can feed all the horses on one trip. He loves his.
> Maybe this will give you a better idea of what we are talking about.
>
>
> Jesse Rene' Bell
> Claremore, OK
> Zone 6
>
>
>
>
> >From: kmrsy@comcast.net
> >Reply-To: gardenchat@hort.net
> >To: gardenchat@hort.net
> >Subject: Re: [CHAT] wagons and carts
> >Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2003 17:52:30 +0000
> >
> > 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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