DIY Garden Trug - Full Build

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Does anyone actually know what a "Garden Trug" is? I didn't until my wife Susan handed me a set of instructions and pictures she downloaded from "Instructables" and said "I want one." So.....off to the workshop I went with my marching orders and this is what materialized. A "Garden Trug" is a tool used by small farms and homesteads for gathering or harvesting small quantities of fruits or vegetables from the fields/gardens for use in the farmhouse kitchen (so I'm told).

This is the "garden trug" I just finished building. This full length video features the various steps I took during construction. The plans were downloaded and forwarded to me from my wife along with marching orders to get hot and get this thing built! Here's the link for the instructions if you would like to build one for yourself: https://www.instructables.com/Garden-Trug/

Note that I varied from the plans slightly by using bits and pieces of scrap wood I had around the shop instead of the full-sized lumber called for. I simply milled and glued up the small scraps into the sizes of wood needed for the build. It took more time and extra work, but I didn’t buy any of the materials for the project. Even the hardware cloth was a left-over piece of scrap from our chicken coop build.

Here's the video: