A similar thing with wellies. I need them waterproof as I often cross the stream and my grass areas are often wet, very wet just now with dew each morning let alone rain.
But inevitably the soles crack or a thorn punctures them and I have to buy new ones.
I keep the leaky ones 'for dry days' but always end up wearing the new ones.
A quickie Woodgreen. I've used Aigle neoprene lined wellies for about 40 years and I'm only on my second pair. They are expensive but outlast any others that I've used. Very comfy and I can wade in icy cold water and my feet have never been cold. I'm fully expecting them to last me out.
Thanks for that, @Uff. Because they get punctured so much (thorns or sometimes sharp stones in the water which cut the side of the foot part) I've always bought cheap ones, but I'll have alook at those, as I dont like to see good material thrown away for the sake of a small bit of damage. Did you buy them in your shoe size?
(Hope your post-jab aches and pains soon go. Mine did.)
@Songbird-2. yes. They're the ones. They are very soft. I can feel a lot through them. Obviously, they're no good for sharp thorns. I use them for prickly thingd like young rose stems or thin brambles or stingy things and slug picking, collecting up detritus that might have something wiggly in it, potting on That kind of thing. I use thick leather gloves for really thorny stuff.
This thread could easily morph into a wellies themel.
My wellies are green Barbour. I stuck a fork through my previous pair. I usually replace them when the thread has worn out and I start to slip. Because I also do serious walking in them them in wet weather, they have to fit well. That means a thin pair of socks and slow to put on and take off. My rule in the garden is: if my feet are cold I come in. At least as far as the greenhouse.
location: Surrey Hills, England, ex-woodland acidic sand. "Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
I have a pair of wellies in the shed . There's probably something living in them. I never wear them. If it's muddy or wet, I don't garden. It's so bad for clay soil😉
Uff: A thin layer of clay will improve the insulation.
B3: If you do come to wear your wellies, give them a thorough check-over. A few years back there was a wasp down one finger of my gloves kept in the greenhouse. That was painfull.
location: Surrey Hills, England, ex-woodland acidic sand. "Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
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I use thick leather gloves for really thorny stuff.
"Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
My wellies are green Barbour. I stuck a fork through my previous pair. I usually replace them when the thread has worn out and I start to slip. Because I also do serious walking in them them in wet weather, they have to fit well. That means a thin pair of socks and slow to put on and take off. My rule in the garden is: if my feet are cold I come in. At least as far as the greenhouse.
"Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
B3: If you do come to wear your wellies, give them a thorough check-over. A few years back there was a wasp down one finger of my gloves kept in the greenhouse. That was painfull.
"Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."