Shoes lament here too. Although mine have been gone a couple of years. Garden clogs. The ones I had were not sold as garden shoes but had thick comfortable soles and a heavy suede upper. I had them for so many years, I forgot where I bought them.
Repeatedly and temporarily had several pairs of the weird wacky but waterproof plasticky ones. Okay they do the job, comfy even, but a touch too light to kick off without sometimes still having it on a foot or partially. Even a size too big, they sort of still don't drop off the foot as there is no weight at all to them.
I also have not replaced my digging boots yet either, old friends. Had them re heeled and soled a few times but eventually the leather uppers wore through. Even when they finally fell apart I kept them for ages on a shelf in the garage.
I have a mini garden fork that I had as a small child so I could play at digging the back garden with my dad. It's more useful now as a hand tool - turning the soil in hard to reach small spots. When that finally disintegrates it could be an emotional trip to the Repair Shop!!!
The handles on both of my two old plastic flexi tub trugs have gone. I find them invaluable for weeding as just the right size to easily lug around. Am still using them but they are more awkward to manoeuvre.
Any suggestions on alternatives? I’m trying to avoid buying plastic so don’t want to replace like for like.
If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.”—Marcus Tullius Cicero East facing, top of a hill clay-loam, cultivated for centuries (7 years by me). Birmingham
Thanks @nollie I don’t know why but using a metal bucket didn’t occur to me 🙄
If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.”—Marcus Tullius Cicero East facing, top of a hill clay-loam, cultivated for centuries (7 years by me). Birmingham
@Butterfly66 I actually use one of those big blue IKEA bags for that. They are surprisingly sturdy as long as you don't leave them out in the sun all year.
I mended the handle of my biggest plastic trug, making a small hole under each end of the handle (under where it joins the body of the trug), and threading through several strands of wire which I twisted round the handle to hold it together. I covered the whole lot with baler twine, using whipping in the best Girl Guide tradition, to make it comfortable to carry when full. So far, so good...
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
@Butterfly66 I actually use one of those big blue IKEA bags for that. They are surprisingly sturdy as long as you don't leave them out in the sun all year.
I haven’t got one of those but it has reminded me that we might have a mini-builders bag in the garage which would work just the same - thank you
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Shoes lament here too. Although mine have been gone a couple of years.
Garden clogs.
The ones I had were not sold as garden shoes but had thick comfortable soles and a heavy suede upper. I had them for so many years, I forgot where I bought them.
Repeatedly and temporarily had several pairs of the weird wacky but waterproof plasticky ones. Okay they do the job, comfy even, but a touch too light to kick off without sometimes still having it on a foot or partially. Even a size too big, they sort of still don't drop off the foot as there is no weight at all to them.
I also have not replaced my digging boots yet either, old friends. Had them re heeled and soled a few times but eventually the leather uppers wore through. Even when they finally fell apart I kept them for ages on a shelf in the garage.
Any suggestions on alternatives? I’m trying to avoid buying plastic so don’t want to replace like for like.
East facing, top of a hill clay-loam, cultivated for centuries (7 years by me). Birmingham
East facing, top of a hill clay-loam, cultivated for centuries (7 years by me). Birmingham
East facing, top of a hill clay-loam, cultivated for centuries (7 years by me). Birmingham