Short wellies with 2 pairs of socks if it's cold, muddy or I'm digging etc. Backdoor type shoes for warmer, dryer weather/light work in the garden. Mine have got removeable, washable fleece inners although I've never bothered to wash mine.
The problem with the 'back door' shoes, as we call them [the clog things] is that they're only useful for light 'stuff' - a bit of potting, snipping, deadheading etc, or putting the bins out. No use if you're up a ladder or doing anything where you need sure feet.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I bought some walking boots from Aldi £19.99 brilliant! really tough and resilient as I used to regularly go through boots with the toe bit at the front splitting.wellies for dog walking
Walking boots with good treads. Backdoor shoes, like crocs,I've got rubber ones,non slip. Even if no gardening,there is a daily "doggy pickup", always a bad idea to go out in slippers or decent footwear. The dogs sometimes scrape up leaves over the top, guarantee to go indoors on the bottom of your shoe! I hate wellies,I can't walk in them, now days cannot pull them on because of my hands.
The problem with the 'back door' shoes, as we call them [the clog things] is that they're only useful for light 'stuff' - a bit of potting, snipping, deadheading etc, or putting the bins out. No use if you're up a ladder or doing anything where you need sure feet.
I understand your point, @Fairygirl. I do wear those clogs all the time in my garden, mowing the lawn, digging, climbing up ladder to prune my Wisteria, etc. I feel quite safe in them. Obviously they have to be the exact right size so your feet do not accidentally slip off them, and also I usually wear thick socks when I use them (except in the summer).
Wellies are my 'go to' gardening footwear for 8 months of the year. Used to be Hunters but they're expensive and the last pair started to split after less than a year's use (kept them going for another 3 years though!). I find them very comfy but can't justify the price if they're poorer quality than they used to be.
Now using a pair of Joules wellies which are half the price of Hunters but not quite as comfy.
For nipping down to the compost bin or shed I use slip on clogs. Can't do much beyond snipping and watering in them though. My borders are all quite deep and I end up with a clog full of soil if I need to step into the border.
In the summer it's flip flops for dead heading and watering and an old pair of pumps for standing in the border type work.
Heaven is ... sitting in the garden with a G&T and a cat while watching the sun go down
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I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Now using a pair of Joules wellies which are half the price of Hunters but not quite as comfy.
For nipping down to the compost bin or shed I use slip on clogs. Can't do much beyond snipping and watering in them though. My borders are all quite deep and I end up with a clog full of soil if I need to step into the border.
In the summer it's flip flops for dead heading and watering and an old pair of pumps for standing in the border type work.