MaDe to Order GARDEN Trug Baskets & OTHER FARM GOODS
We source our own Maine hard woods ~ red oak & rock maple ~ to craft our built-to-work, meant-to-last garden trugs & gardening stools.
Based on the traditional English Sussex Garden Trug but crafted with a Yankee twist, to us the Fernwood Cottage Trug Basket is a perfect marriage of practical & beautiful. We hope you agree.
We finish our garden & farm wares with linseed oil. We feel it provides the best finish option for food safety & durability while allowing a lovely, warm patina of the wood to occur. You may maintain your wooden-ware with any food-safe wood conditioner (for example, "cutting-board butter"), allowing you to prolong the working life of your Fernwood Cottage~ware.
**Reminder, these are "yet to be created" products.
We love seeing our cottagewares being put to work, & looking great while doing it! Just see how much Jane can carry shopping at the Wayne Farmers' Market with a Fernwood Cottage Trug Basket.
MEDIUM TRUG BASKETS
So many possible uses. Just right for using all around the cottage. How could you use it?
Basket size 13"x17"
Perfect for harvesting most flowers/herbs, & soft fruits, but will stand up to hauling weeds or a few Pie Pumpkins. Red Oak handle, rim, & feet with copper nails. Strakes (inside ship~lapped pieces that form the basket) are either red oak or maple, which are secured to the feet with brass washer-head screws for added strength. **Reminder, this is for a "yet to be created" product.
LARGER TRUG BASKETS
Hardworking for the serious gardener/farmer ~ rugged & built to stand up to consistent use.
Basket size (13"x 21")
Our most popular for the pragmatic gardener. can handle most any job & is closest to the "traditional" Sussex Trug. Red Oak handle, rim, & feet with copper nails. Strakes (inside ship~lapped pieces that form the basket) are either red oak or rock maple, which are secured to the feet with brass washer-head screws for added strength. Finished with natural linseed oil.
Basket size (15"x 23")
This is for serious harvest hauling or for those gardening long stemmed flowers. You'll be amazed at how something so light can feel so sturdy. Red Oak handle, rim, & feet with copper nails. Strakes (inside ship~lapped pieces that form the basket) are either red oak or rock maple, which are secured to the feet with brass washer-head screws for added strength. Finished with linseed oil for great dirt repelling.
Garden & Farm Stool
$75.00
These multi~purposed stools are modeled after old-fashioned milking stools, but a little taller. The well-positioned handle allows an easy single hand move, & tripod legs make it strong enough to support 200+ lbs! Made of either all Maine oak or rock maple & finished with natural linseed oil. 12" dia. seat for a comfortable "sit" while you weed, or plant, or balance your laundry basket on, or milk your goats! LOCAL PICKUP ONLY.
Winner Washington County State Fair Richmond, Rhode Island (August 2023); Gardener ~ Pysz Farm, West Greenwich, RI
Displayed in his Fernwood Cottage XM Trug Basket
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