@AnnaB The problem with buying from China is that the working conditions for Chinese people are generally bad and many products are made by people held in confinement - Ouigas and political prisoners - and I wouldn't ever want to support that. Then there's their political and commercial policy outside of China which is unacceptable to me and I don't want to support that economy.
Rather than buy new and cheap clothes for getting grubby I buy, or make, as good as I can afford to wear for best or even every day and as they age or get a bit worn they get recycled for gardening, crafting, even housework..........
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
Virtually everything we buy, with the exception of food and drink, has some component which originates in China. We shouldn't be as dependent on any country as we are on China, but we are where we are.
Why ever buy gardening clothes - apart from stuff you don't wear normally - as don't your normal clothes filter down the chain to become gardening clothes?
Why ever buy gardening clothes - apart from stuff you don't wear normally - as don't your normal clothes filter down the chain to become gardening clothes?
Absolutely I have always done this. The only exception would be a tailored suit, and I have not had that many of those . I admit I am lucky in that I have hardly changed size in about 5 decades. Some of the shirts I wear on the plots are 15-20 years old.
If I remember correctly @AnnaB lives in the middle of nowhere half way up a mountain … and has some health/mobility issues … charity shops are probably scarcer than hen’s teeth.
Sometimes needs must when the devil drives.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Thank you @Dovefromabove, but that should not really excuse me for buying from China. I mistakenly thought that the site must be a huge warehouse type of firm who had been buying up goods from the businesses that had gone bust, as many have sadly done over the past few years. When the goods arrived I realised they came from China, however I must say that the sweat shirts were beautifully individually packed with tissue paper - when does that happen these days? Yes I haven't been able to get into our nearest town for the last three years, just the small local village shop for me now where they kindly have a chair available for us elderly folks to take a rest and have a chat whilst trying to get our little grey cells to remember what we have come for in the first place! That aside, the advantage to me these days is that I dont go anywhere, dont have to go anywhere and dont need new clothes (apart from pants, socks and the occasional T shirt). Most of my trousers, jeans, jumpers, jackets and coats are over 20 years old, left over from my farming and horse businesses and are still regularly worn. But life is good for me now, a slow gentle life, a chair in the garden overlooking the pond and the fish, frogs who chat as soon as they hear you outside, a gentle stroll with the dogs, a short chat with our remaining retired horses, and the most amazing views to stare and wonder at from high up in our forest. Ooops sorry, I seem to have done it again. Another log and rambling post! Perhaps most of this should have been in the 'Reasons to be cheerful' topic!
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Rather than buy new and cheap clothes for getting grubby I buy, or make, as good as I can afford to wear for best or even every day and as they age or get a bit worn they get recycled for gardening, crafting, even housework..........
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
That aside, the advantage to me these days is that I dont go anywhere, dont have to go anywhere and dont need new clothes (apart from pants, socks and the occasional T shirt). Most of my trousers, jeans, jumpers, jackets and coats are over 20 years old, left over from my farming and horse businesses and are still regularly worn.
But life is good for me now, a slow gentle life, a chair in the garden overlooking the pond and the fish, frogs who chat as soon as they hear you outside, a gentle stroll with the dogs, a short chat with our remaining retired horses, and the most amazing views to stare and wonder at from high up in our forest.
Ooops sorry, I seem to have done it again. Another log and rambling post! Perhaps most of this should have been in the 'Reasons to be cheerful' topic!
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.