Well, thank you! I'll be working on it, LOL!
Of all the gorgeous troughs shown on this forum, the one that intrigues me most right now is the second one shown by Todd... is that carved out a piece of rock, or is it "manufactured" in some way? Amazing!
I especially covet, also, all the troughs and sinks that are so wonderfully grown in... beautiful!
Galanthophile, I find the use of the term "sinks" very interesting... and here I had imagined the word "trough" was something of a British-ism itself, no?
Show us your troughs!
My second trough is manufactured fake rock but it looks like the real thing! I won it in a silent auction at the NARGS annual meeting held here in 2005.
Todd, I did see that you said it was "preformed" but it looked so convincing that I had to ask anyway. What is it made of - fiberglass? Tufa?
Ooops, Galanthophile, I'm revealing my ignorance... thinking back, I guess I do recall reading about kitchen sinks actually being carved from rock (which is utterly amazing!) and then eventually being consigned to the garden... is that the derivation of the term "sinks"?
Re. sizes... Our troughs were all made by my husband, with the exception of one received as a gift (but actually, he helped make that one too at the garden center he worked at, LOL!) He has been using two sets of plywood forms, for the following dimensions:
Square (by my rough measurement): ~17 3/4" outside, 13 1/2 " inside
Rectangular: ~29 3/4" x 13 1/2 " outside, 26" x 11 1/4" inside
He's lately been trying different colorings in the mix with varying results... mostly very subtle shades.
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I refer to my troughs as sinks because that is exactly what they are! They are white ceramic Belfast sinks covered in hypertufa. The origins I suppose are from the real stone sinks or troughs that can still be found in places - they were used to allow horses to drink when posh folks were stopping off on their travels at the local inn.