Trugging along
Petal fall
The garden bouquet needed refreshing…
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Barefoot!
….so Tipsy, Floradora and Henrietta threw off their shoes and socks…
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Trug!
…and clambered into our new (to us) garden trug!
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Genuine Sussex Trug
Look! It’s a real Sussex trug!
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trugging
We found out that the handle and rim are made of hand planed Chestnut saplings (bark still on), and that the slats and feet are made of Willow (offcuts from cricket bat manufacturing)!
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flower collecting
The Hittys look forward to many future trug rides as we collect flowers and produce from our garden this summer!
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gaps
Gráinne thinks too bad it is not seaworthy.
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Quimper Hittys 
How wonderful! What a treasure!
It is a treasure! I love it and the Hittys love it too, they say more of them can fit in a trug than into any of the baskets I have (except the human’s laundry basket).
what a great find and how lucky it found you where it will be appreciated and provide rides for many blooming seasons to come.
One of my other weaving friends gave me the trug – it had belonged to her father and was looking for a new home. I really do love and appreciate it and the Hittys and I are looking forward to many flower-vegetable-and-fruitful excursions to the back yard to fill it!
Adorable! I love baskets. I was just thinking last night that I need some kind of basket for our midsummer celebration on Friday.
Have a great week!
It is a beautiful basket! I feel so lucky that my friend gave it to me, I love that you can see the maker’s hand in it!! I hope you find a good basket for your midsummer celebration!
They are so lovely and beautiful, fascinated me as always Your Beautiful Creative World. Thank you dear Hitty Lady, Love, nia
Thanks so much nia, it is so nice to have a beautiful specialised basket like this, we will have fun this summer in the garden!
Those traditional trugs are so lovely but expensive when new – not surprising as there is a lot of skill in making them. Enjoy using it.
I will enjoy using it! I really love the fact that it is made by hand and has already seen garden harvests, and Itruly appreciate the skill in making it.
Oh how lovely for the Quimpers to have trug transportation! My granny had a trug. I don’t think I’ve ever seen one in new condition.
This one is old and stained but still quite capable of Hitty and vegetable transportation – I love it!
Your delightful photos of this Hitty adventure made me smile! 🙂
Thanks! The Hittys are always enthusiastic about finding new ways to get out into the garden!