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Gardening Footwear - What do you Wear?

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  • PlantmindedPlantminded Posts: 3,580
    Thank you all for your quick and varied responses!  I can see that we have only practical, down to earth gardeners here, no pretenders or fashionistas with "all  the gear and no idea"! 😎  I'm going to put some laces in my walking shoes now and job done!
    Wirral. Sandy, free draining soil.


  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Old trainers or walking boots if proper footwear is needed … and in the summer sometimes sandals but more frequently I’m barefoot on the grass 😉 

    @steephill … 🤔 isn’t the Ides of March the 15th?  I’m sure it was when I was at school … although I concede that was a long time ago and many things have changed since then … 😉 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • SuesynSuesyn Posts: 664
    I've found the trouble with the clogs in summer that my feet get too hot and when I come to slip them off the furry lining comes too. During the winter I wear old walking boots for proper work but the clogs live by the back door and can be slipped on to 'pop out' in.
    In summer I have an old pair of slingback sandals with solid soles which are suitable for digging in but my feet tend to get a bit dirty.
    I often wish we had a "gardeners loo" so I didn't need to put the boots on and off though. 
  • BenCottoBenCotto Posts: 4,718
    It’s the 15th of March, May, July and October, and the 13th of the other months.
    Rutland, England
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    edited January 2022
    I do go out in my felt slippers all the time, though I always swear I never will again.

     - -
    We have a plague of roaming cats in our neighbourhood - one advantage of a super-simple, old Croc-style shoe, is that it's easy to wash off the shit you have stepped in when some nasty little bugger has crapped on your doorstep in the night. Walking boots, slippers and most other type shoes-with-treads are a nightmare.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    BenCotto said:
    It’s the 15th of March, May, July and October, and the 13th of the other months.
    That’s what I thought 👍 … although you never can tell with these European things … so much has changed since you know what 🤐

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • BenCottoBenCotto Posts: 4,718
    Has everyone now got an ad for shoes on this page, assuming you’re not using an ad blocker? Are Hypersoft Sneakers any good for gardening?
    Rutland, England
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    I would just flag and move on so that the thread continues to make sense.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    No.  A Musical and a timeshare property
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • tui34tui34 Posts: 3,493
    Something study and lace up for digging.  Crocs or study sandals for other faffing around.
    A good hoeing is worth two waterings.

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