Garden Shoes
Although gardening shoes may not seem that necessary when working in the garden, there are many people who consider them essential for their comfort and safety during such activities. They don’t look great but they certainly make a better choice than an old pair of shoes in which you get wet. People who spend a lot of time in their garden know how many pairs of shoes they can ruin while doing things around the house.
Gardening shoes slip on and off without any difficulty. This means that they can be used only when absolutely needed. Then, they have to be waterproof by all means so as to protect you on rainy days or when you use the hose to water the flowers. The cheapest gardening shoes are made of rubber, and they work just fine for the purpose. Then, gardening shoes have to be sturdy in order to prevent injury of your feet. Debris, branches and thorns are the main threat here.
Colors are not a problem, you can pick anything you like. It’s more like a personal choice than a necessity as you can buy the dullest gardening shoes possible or some very brightly colored ones. That is totally your choice. Rubber boots are the only alternative to gardening shoes. They become necessary when you work in a lot of mud, dirt and water. The advantage of boots is that they protect not only feet but clothes too, particularly when they are as high as the knee.
Get both gardening shoes and boots around the house because you will certainly use both types of footwear. Together with gardening gloves, rubber shoes and other similar accessories can be purchased in local department stores or they can be ordered on the Internet. Rubber footwear is the cheapest, yet there are more expensive models that include waterproof features thanks to an incorporated layer of Gore-Tex. This means that rubber gardening shoes still predominate in the customers’ preferences.
Gardening shoes should be changed once a year or more often if they show signs of deterioration. Rubber does have a limited resistance. Yet, the fact that they are low cost indeed, would not make the expense noteworthy. Replace the gardening shoe if they have cuts or holes because you’ll get soaked.
I have always used old work safety shoes. Not the big boot type but the normal leather slip on shoe with a steel toecap.
There are many brands of these, mine are a cheap brand called Trojan and they tend to last about 2-3 years which isn’t bad as they only cost £25-£30 a pair.