| This is one of those irresistible pieces of garden ware that always seems to get repurposed. No matter how hard you try to reserve it for gathering cutflowers and freshly-dug vegetables in the garden, you're likely to find yourself using it to haul 8 little seedlings in pots out to the annual bed, or to collect all your paraphernalia (gloves, trowel, stakes, fertilizer -- you know the drill!) to carry to a new planting site. If you ever take it into the house, perhaps to empty the blooms or veggies onto the kitchen counter, beware -- it will become the fruit bowl, the mail center, the magazine rack, or even, if lined with coco moss and filled with potting soil, the kitchen herb garden! Part of the secret of its appeal is pure esthetics. This is a well-made, attractive basket, fashioned from durable birch and pine with a smooth, even steam-bent oak handle. Polished to perfection with hand-rubbed oil, the hod is set with ultra-strong mesh covered in food-grade vinyl. It is meant to be held under the gushing spigot as vegetables are scrubbed, tossed down in the vegetable patch awaiting the harvest, and generally banged around the garden. It handles all of this with ease, so well-made and nicely proportioned is it. The other part of its magic is the design. It's simply the perfect size and shapes for LOTS of uses. Measuring 19 1/2 inches long, 11 inches wide, nad 7 1/4 inches high, it holds 16 quarts (2 pecks). Made by fine craftsmen in the U.S.A., it is a lovely and enduring piece of garden equipment. Consider buying two so that you can share one with a gardening friend! 3.5 pounds. |
