Bushel Baskets
My neighbor and I went to an area nursery to purchase fall decorations for our yards. I have a scarecrow that I put out and I pressed several colored leaves to arrange under pumpkins. I wanted to have some gourds also, however I know our Labrador Retrievers like to pick them up and carry them around the yard. Last year I was picking up gourds from all over the yard. I mentioned this to my neighbor as we drove to the nursery. She said that maybe if I put them in a container they would be less likely to pick them up.
I kept this in mind when we arrived at the nursery. They had many pumpkins, gourds squash and mums to choose from. The gourds and squash that were for sale were displayed in bushel baskets. They had several sizes of bushel baskets and also a variety of colors. They had the plain brown bushel baskets that are used to gather vegetables in the field. They also had bright colored baskets that were more decorative. Their apples were displayed in bright red bushel baskets.
I mentioned to my neighbor that the basket idea might work to keep the dogs from stealing my display. I asked the clerk at the nursery if they sold bushel baskets. She said that they had decorated ones in one of the green houses. My neighbor and I went to look at them. They were very nice. Someone had hand painted flowers on some of the baskets and nature scenes on others. The sign indicated that the baskets were coated with a weather proof seal. The baskets were quite high priced so I did not want to buy any. I went and asked the clerk where we could buy plain bushel baskets. She said that I would need to ask the head of the field crew. The field crew leader said that they order the bushel baskets from a supplier in the metro area. I explained I wanted to use a couple by my scare crow in the yard. He said that he had a pile of baskets behind one of the greenhouses that were going in the garbage because they were missing handles. He said that I could have any of them that I wanted. My neighbor and I found several baskets in great shape. We did not care if the handles were missing. On the way home we stopped at a garage sale. The home owner was selling several partial cans of exterior paint. I bought a can of yellow and a can of green. I painted the bushel baskets and then put them by the scarecrow. They were a great addition to my fall display. So far the dogs have left the gourds in the baskets.
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