A few days ago I visited Kate’s blog. She was responding to a challenge issued by Carol, who wanted gardeners to post pictures of their garden shoes. It has taken me a while to get organized to do this, I have been very busy.
But, without much ado, this is a picture of my garden shoes in situ, along with some river shoes and a few of Jims shoes.
I thought I should do a formal portrait. As you can see, none of my garden shoes are new, and I have a pair for all seasons. Other than my favorite pair, which are not in either of these pictures, the ones that probably get the most use are the cross trainers.
My very favorite garden shoes are pictured below. They always fit, didn’t cost the earth, don’t get stiff when they have been wet, are easy to clean, and don’t wear out.
I loved your garden shoe collection! You definitely have a pair for every occasion… your feet pic is the absolute best though. I love the little violet and what a beautiful tat on your ankle…
I had to have another look at your daffodils. They are spectacular!
Oh, and the snow pretty much finished melting yesterday, although there’s a possibility of more snow tomorrow.
I’m trying to develop a multi-season shoe collection, having come from California where I pretty much lived in either Birks or tennis shoes. The hardest for me are rain/mud boots, as I have fat calves and most boots simply won’t pull up. All I want are some rubber boots, why does it have to be so hard?!!
The best thing about gardening in your bare-feet “shoes” is that spiders don’t take up residence in them, like they do in my garden shoes if I leave them unattended overnight.
That is quite a collection of shoes. You are prepared for anything and all conditions! Thanks for showing us all your shoes.
I had a frog hop in one of my shoes. I was hopping to get them off(the frog was unharmed from this ordeal). Since then I always shake my shoes upside down. I just have 2 garden shoes my tennis shoes and rubber boots.
I’m not even going to tell you what kind of present the cat left in my shoe once when she was rather angry with us for some transgression.
I have more than one set of boots because sometimes it is very wet, sometimes I need the support when I am moving stone, and sometimes it is wet and cold and I like having the waterproof shoe-pacs for winter.
Henitsirk, I don’t know if you have a farm supply store in your area, but you might look for rubber boots there. If there are any dairies in your area they ought to be supplying completely waterproof boots that lace up the front. Then you might be able to find some that fit your calves.
How interesting! That looks like a lot of gardening. I can only boast half as many gardening shoes 🙂 The fact that you also posess Birkies (or similar) warmed my heart!
Yes, those are Birkenstocks. They are my second favorite shoe right after the bare feet. I use up about one pair every 8 to 10 years. Those are the 1996 vintage, and I have had to glue the soles back on 3 or 4 times. The glue they use to attach the sole to the cork doesn’t seem to respond well to being used as river sandals. I just don’t understand it!
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