Gardening in a Kilt (Buzz Kidder Canvas)

[Bugbear]

Hi Moosedog and String. I have a canvas tool apron that ties around my waist. It could be bigger or better, but I was using that from before I started wearing kilts. I've found that putting some tools in pockets ends up putting holes in the pockets.

Sorry String, the weather is pretty nice down here. We pay for it in the summer. I do know they do green house gardening quite well over in Iceland. Strawberries come to mind. Don't know if they garden kilted, but I thought I saw someone on the forum from Iceland at one time.

My Florabunda roses are blooming quite nicely, but those end up in sulcotta food, LOL!

** I'm moving the following over here from my post in another thread. It was the post that began the kilted gardening theme that lead to this thread.

Today I've been out there digging up trees in a Buzz Kidder canvas on and off. It works alright, but I'm still a little worried about getting it snagged on a thorn from one of the citrus trees. I think the main thing holding me back from gardening in a kilt was the hose. JC Penny had some thick gray knee high socks with a red stripe around the top and a cable pattern where the cuff would be turned down if they were as long as kilt hose.

I guess I'm not too worried about getting a BK a little dirty because they can be machine washed. I don't have a clothes dryer, so I don't even know about that, LOL. Still, there might be green tree stains to worry about. Squatting down took a little extra care, but wasn't too big a deal. I used a tool apron instead of a sporran. I also took a foam rubber knee pad for kneeling down and things. I have some bonsai in the ground kind of up under bigger trees, and I would have to crawl up under there on my hands and knees to get at them... I didn't try that in the kilt yet.

All and all, I would still say some things while gardening require pants or something other than a kilt, but that is a thorn issue. I did feel that the cost of the kilt was an issue, but then I realized that I could set aside one kilt for all the messy stuff, and even my ceramics. Perhaps a shirt as long as the kilt like the Scots used to wear, or bike shorts would help, so the kilt can be removed when crawling around in the brier patches.

* I might add that there are only chain-link fences between me and the neighbors. If there were nice seven or eight foot walls around my property, I probably wouldn't care about some of these things...

And to end the day I strapped on a BK this evening, walked out to the citrus trees and picked a couple of grapefruits.
* picture removed. *

There are five of them making a hedge across the back of my property. This one is a Washington Navel, and they are very sweet.