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Traditional Sussex Trugs and Devon Maunds, handmade in Golden Bay, New Zealand

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Smorgasbord in wood.⁠
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#trug #sussextrug #gardenbasket #gardentrug #harvestbasket #gardentools #trugmaking #trugworkshop #hazel #willow #aspenpoplar ⁠
#sustainablyharvested #handmadeinnz #handmadegifts #handmadeingoldenbay #supportlocalnz #buynzmade #shoplocalnz #sustainablysourcedtimber #locallysourced #sustainablymade #chemicalfree #untreatedwood #tetauihu #goldenbay #goldenbaynz #anatok

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Smorgasbord in wood.⁠
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#trug #sussextrug #gardenbasket #gardentrug #harvestbasket #gardentools #trugmaking #trugworkshop #hazel #willow #aspenpoplar ⁠
#sustainablyharvested #handmadeinnz #handmadegifts #handmadeingoldenbay #supportlocalnz #buynzmade #shoplocalnz #sustainablysourcedtimber #locallysourced #sustainablymade #chemicalfree #untreatedwood #tetauihu #goldenbay #goldenbaynz #anatok

3 days ago

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We love the 'Fordson Major' a fantastic creature which is holding up against hoses, being left in the rain, salty playdough gunk (pictured), being thrown off the deck, being used to tow, dig, haul, lift etc. I got it off trademe so who knows how old it really is. Might give my equally abused trug a run for it's money in the longevity stakes.⁠
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We are often asked how to look after a trug. Just park them in out of the rain and wipe the worst of the dirt off them. That's all.⁠
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#sustainablyharvested #handmadeinnz #handmadegifts #supportlocalnz #buynzmade #shoplocalnz #sustainablysourcedtimber #locallysourced #sustainablymade #chemicalfree #untreatedwood #tetauihu #goldenbay #goldenbaynz #anatok

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We love the 'Fordson Major' a fantastic creature which is holding up against hoses, being left in the rain, salty playdough gunk (pictured), being thrown off the deck, being used to tow, dig, haul, lift etc. I got it off trademe so who knows how old it really is. Might give my equally abused trug a run for it's money in the longevity stakes.⁠
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We are often asked how to look after a trug. Just park them in out of the rain and wipe the worst of the dirt off them. That's all.⁠
⁠
#sustainablyharvested #handmadeinnz #handmadegifts #supportlocalnz #buynzmade #shoplocalnz #sustainablysourcedtimber #locallysourced #sustainablymade #chemicalfree #untreatedwood #tetauihu #goldenbay #goldenbaynz #anatok

4 days ago

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2/9

The afternoon light is getting longer as the sun sets further south. Days are warming up and the garden is really getting going. I have a lot of new plants and I confess I am hovering rather, watching and waiting. Nothing like the anticipation of the changing colour in the garden 🌱⁠
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#anatoki #goldenbaynz

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The afternoon light is getting longer as the sun sets further south. Days are warming up and the garden is really getting going. I have a lot of new plants and I confess I am hovering rather, watching and waiting. Nothing like the anticipation of the changing colour in the garden 🌱⁠
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#anatoki #goldenbaynz

5 days ago

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3/9

For a long time I have coddled my maund and only used it for fibre but I am working up the courage to bring it in to the trug fleet and put it to work outdoors. I have enjoyed having it pristine but the lovely patina and individual pattern of stains that the wood takes on from outdoor work (which it was made for) are also very beautiful. Today's photo a memory of it's first foray in to the big outdoors on a trip on the farm to collect dyestuffs⁠
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#splintbasket #devonmaund #harvestbasket #gardentools #trugmaking #trugworkshop #hazel #willow #aspenpoplar ⁠
#sustainablyharvested #handmadeinnz #handmadegifts #handmadeingoldenbay #supportlocalnz #buynzmade #shoplocalnz #sustainablysourcedtimber #locallysourced #sustainablymade #chemicalfree #untreatedwood #tetauihu #goldenbay #goldenbaynz #anatok

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For a long time I have coddled my maund and only used it for fibre but I am working up the courage to bring it in to the trug fleet and put it to work outdoors. I have enjoyed having it pristine but the lovely patina and individual pattern of stains that the wood takes on from outdoor work (which it was made for) are also very beautiful. Today's photo a memory of it's first foray in to the big outdoors on a trip on the farm to collect dyestuffs⁠
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#splintbasket #devonmaund #harvestbasket #gardentools #trugmaking #trugworkshop #hazel #willow #aspenpoplar ⁠
#sustainablyharvested #handmadeinnz #handmadegifts #handmadeingoldenbay #supportlocalnz #buynzmade #shoplocalnz #sustainablysourcedtimber #locallysourced #sustainablymade #chemicalfree #untreatedwood #tetauihu #goldenbay #goldenbaynz #anatok

1 week ago

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4/9

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#pearblossom #anatoki #goldenbaynz

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1 week ago

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5/9

The sap is moving in the hazel and the willow on the riverbanks now and Tony is in full production mode!⁠
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#trug #sussextrug #gardenbasket #gardentrug #harvestbasket #gardentools #trugmaking #trugworkshop #hazel #willow #aspenpoplar ⁠
#sustainablyharvested #handmadeinnz #handmadegifts #handmadeingoldenbay #supportlocalnz #buynzmade #shoplocalnz #sustainablysourcedtimber #locallysourced #sustainablymade #chemicalfree #untreatedwood #tetauihu #goldenbay #goldenbaynz #anatoki #flowerbasket ⁠

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The sap is moving in the hazel and the willow on the riverbanks now and Tony is in full production mode!⁠
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#trug #sussextrug #gardenbasket #gardentrug #harvestbasket #gardentools #trugmaking #trugworkshop #hazel #willow #aspenpoplar ⁠
#sustainablyharvested #handmadeinnz #handmadegifts #handmadeingoldenbay #supportlocalnz #buynzmade #shoplocalnz #sustainablysourcedtimber #locallysourced #sustainablymade #chemicalfree #untreatedwood #tetauihu #goldenbay #goldenbaynz #anatoki #flowerbasket ⁠

2 weeks ago

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6/9

Seasons are changing in the Tau Ihu. Oak is all out here now, the crab apple and pear look like candelabras of white blossom and even the walnuts are putting out a few leaves. In the home garden my phlomis are just starting to think about throwing up their flowering spikes and the columbine are out. While Tony has been in the trug workshop the wee ones and I have been out potting on various things in the overflowing seed room, belatedly mulching, bouncing on the springy branches of the fig, (eating rather a lot of dirt) and generally enjoying the sunshine⁠
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#oakleaf #newleaf #nzspring #anatoki #goldenbaynz

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Seasons are changing in the Tau Ihu. Oak is all out here now, the crab apple and pear look like candelabras of white blossom and even the walnuts are putting out a few leaves. In the home garden my phlomis are just starting to think about throwing up their flowering spikes and the columbine are out. While Tony has been in the trug workshop the wee ones and I have been out potting on various things in the overflowing seed room, belatedly mulching, bouncing on the springy branches of the fig, (eating rather a lot of dirt) and generally enjoying the sunshine⁠
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#oakleaf #newleaf #nzspring #anatoki #goldenbaynz

2 weeks ago

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7/9

Our second trug a welcome hold all in our now largely plastic free pantry. I am so glad that after feeling resigned to the amount of plastic which seemed to be an inevitable part of buying food I on a whim googled 'plastic free food nz'. It turns out that there are lots of options to buy from little organic co-ops, bulk food outlets and companies that will ship plastic free to your home. Some items more expensive than the local supermarket and some less. It's worth doing the math, I was surprised.⁠
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Huh. The assumption that the environmentally friendly option may be impossible or prohibitively expensive may be entirely false 🤔⁠
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#trug #sussextrug #gardenbasket #sustainablyharvested #handmadeinnz #handmadegifts #handmadeingoldenbay #supportlocalnz #buynzmade #shoplocalnz #sustainablysourcedtimber #parakore ##locallysourced #sustainablymade #chemicalfree

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Our second trug a welcome hold all in our now largely plastic free pantry. I am so glad that after feeling resigned to the amount of plastic which seemed to be an inevitable part of buying food I on a whim googled 'plastic free food nz'. It turns out that there are lots of options to buy from little organic co-ops, bulk food outlets and companies that will ship plastic free to your home. Some items more expensive than the local supermarket and some less. It's worth doing the math, I was surprised.⁠
⁠
Huh. The assumption that the environmentally friendly option may be impossible or prohibitively expensive may be entirely false 🤔⁠
⁠
#trug #sussextrug #gardenbasket #sustainablyharvested #handmadeinnz #handmadegifts #handmadeingoldenbay #supportlocalnz #buynzmade #shoplocalnz #sustainablysourcedtimber #parakore ##locallysourced #sustainablymade #chemicalfree

3 weeks ago

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8/9

Aspen poplar flower baskets in progress 🌗⁠
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#flowerbasket #trugmaking #trugworkshop #hazel #willow #aspenpoplar #sustainablyharvested #handmadeinnz #handmadegifts #handmadeingoldenbay #supportlocalnz #buynzmade #shoplocalnz #sustainablysourcedtimber #locallysourced #sustainablymade #chemicalfree #untreatedwood

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Aspen poplar flower baskets in progress 🌗⁠
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#flowerbasket #trugmaking #trugworkshop #hazel #willow #aspenpoplar #sustainablyharvested #handmadeinnz #handmadegifts #handmadeingoldenbay #supportlocalnz #buynzmade #shoplocalnz #sustainablysourcedtimber #locallysourced #sustainablymade #chemicalfree #untreatedwood

3 weeks ago

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Tony Hitchcock and Madeline Pemberton
McCallum Road
Kotinga, Tākaka
trugmaker@gmail.com

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