How to feed rubber boots naturally so that they last for a good long time

[@undinia]

So comfy. I have awful arthritis and love these boots. Just the right amount of support without pressure. I have those blue ones too! Love your joy in life Georgie.

[@theflowerfarmer]

thankyou - yes agree re support and no pressure - fantastic for a person like me who wears boots from dawn till bed x

[@ellenpaasch4743]

Georgie, you are such a joy!

[@theflowerfarmer]

Thankyou x

[@marie9244]

Thanks Georgie My daughter in law and I were looking at buying Merry People boots a few days ago. It’s great that you are supporting a company from Melbourne Australia. Coconut oil is also a natural oil for protecting the boots.

[@theflowerfarmer]

my grandmother was born in Toorak (in 1913) so always happy to support Melbourne business. xxx

[@johickey3158]

I was looking at redbacks, now im on merry people, cheers Georigie

[@theflowerfarmer]

enjoy x

[@johickey3158]

@@theflowerfarmer ordered the beetroot red talls :)

[@janehemsley1075]

Marvellous! This will be my first job tomorrow.

[@theflowerfarmer]

go for it x

[@zat6442]

Had no idea you could stop rubber boots cracking - always frustrated me that they do - thanks for the tip

[@theflowerfarmer]

Happy to help x

[@rosemarybushea3517]

❤ Just love your videos and your personality

[@theflowerfarmer]

thank you x

[@sharonoleary9935]

Boots? Loving your hat!

[@theflowerfarmer]

Thankyou - Fabrizio gave it me after a trip to Scotland recently x

[@mojow9841]

Thank you the sight of you jumping in puddles cheered me up no end on a dreich day!

[@theflowerfarmer]

Glad you enjoyed it x

[@staceydoran7927]

So good to see you Georgie!

[@theflowerfarmer]

hey there Stacey x

[@endamurphy7970]

Thank you, Georgie - You are a tonic on a rotten, wet day! 🌧️🌈👢👢💃😊

[@theflowerfarmer]

You are so welcome! x

[@Julia21d]

Place the old boots on your steps with flowers in them. A lot of women plant up their husband''s old work boots. Super cute.

[@theflowerfarmer]

lol - great idea x

[@kirstycable7836]

I’m picking olives in Spain and taking them to the mill! Lasts years oil will do well for my wellies

[@theflowerfarmer]

Perfect x

[@elodieleaf]

I am jealous now of your impressive calf muscles😂😂I can do with some of those♿Great video as always. I love your energy and enthusiasm. Superduper❤

[@theflowerfarmer]

Thankyou - my calf muscles are more useful than beautiful but I know how lucky I am to have them x

[@elodieleaf]

@@theflowerfarmer 😂I used to do a lot of gardening and loved my wellies💗Your videos are always putting a massive smile on my face, so a big thankyou to you! And be proud of those calf muscles and show them off!!

[@teefrancis6005]

I blame you, Georgie, for the three pairs that I now own! Teal, red and tan. Seeing you wearing your orange pair, constantly, was endorsement enough for me! They are so comfortable that I’ve stopped wearing anything else! X

[@theflowerfarmer]

this is why I now have an indoor and outdoor pair - I plan to wear the yellow ones to the Garden Media Guild Awards lunch in a couple of weeks no matter that it's held at the Savoy Hotel! xxx

[@teefrancis6005]

Fantastic! Have a Merry time 😊xx

[@kaleygreen8426]

Hi! I've recently discovered your channel and just wanted to say thanks for all the amazing inspiring, informative videos they really do brighten up my day and make me smile with your personality 😊 keep up the good work 😃

[@theflowerfarmer]

You are so welcome! x

[@sheilahurford5931]

Love this made me smile 😃

[@theflowerfarmer]

thank you x

[@CountryloverCountrylover]

Great tip, thank you. I always have to buy a new pair each year as I too am outside a lot, so this may save me lots of £££££!

[@theflowerfarmer]

I hope this trick gets me two years a pair over one x

[@jaynetanner3757]

Great tip thanks, Hubby just bought himself a posh spray for his welly boots but I am going to use the Olive oil, fyi my garden looks like yours too in west Dorset

[@theflowerfarmer]

hello west Dorset! xxx

[@pollywaffledoodah3057]

Olive oil is the nectar of the Gods, and has many brilliant uses - I read years ago, that Sophia Loren has always used extra virgin olive oil as her only moisturiser at night. I thought, if it's good enough for La Sophia, it's good enough for me! So, I use it instead of ridiculously expensive night cream, and it works a treat! Try it Georgie - just use a few drops though - slap on too much, and you end up sliding off the end of your bed! So your Grandma was from Trak, eh? (Trak is what us Aussies call Toorak!) Trak is rather pricey and posh - at least by Aussie standards! Perhaps that's why you're so good at doing a Strine accent - it's in your DNA, ducky! Oh, and I reckon you should drill holes in the bottom of your orange gumbies, and use them as plant pots - nasturtiums would be a perfect match! I'm saving up for a hot pink pair of these bonza Oz boots. Throw away your silly stilettos, ladies - happy feet means a happy day! So wise...

[@theflowerfarmer]

I am a keen oiler of my face and hands too - as you say, less expensive than fancy face creams and fewer ingredients too - though sadly not strong enough effect to transform me into Sophia Loren x

[@karendavidson394]

My pals from Eritrea taught me a recipe I am sure would work. We use it for hair and skin and wood and.....rain boots? 7 parts olive oil with one part beeswax melted gently together. The wax keeps it in place.

[@theflowerfarmer]

Thanks for sharing! that sounds a great idea x

[@salardis8804]

I'd love to see another video of those boots one year from now

[@theflowerfarmer]

I expect you'll see them being worn again and again week after week all year round x

[@homestead.smallholding]

Ive had a pair of Aigle Parcours that i paid French francs for over 25 years ago. They've been dragged over barbed wire, through brambles, the top of the neoprene is looking a bit shabby and I lost the clamp for the straps on the gusset but they're still going strong.

[@theflowerfarmer]

they are very high quality x

[@rubygray7749]

I wear gumboots every day, whenever I'm outside in the garden or in the farm. Well, these days I wear a much lighter plastic version, because full length (snake-proof) gumboots are so exhausting when wading through long grass. When I was dairy farming, I came across the information that the milk fat which inevitably splashes onto your rubber boots, degrades the rubber. And this was certainly true. Oils do eventually make rubber disintegrate. I note that Merry People recommend using a silicone based lubricant for their rubber boots. But eventually, all of them succumb to the stress of being perpetually creased across the top of the foot. The only thing I've found to stave off this awful day, after having worn gumboots for many decades, is to have invested in a gumboot with a curved sole, which rollsvfrom heel to toe with your foot, rather than a flat sole, which of necessity must crease with every step you take, and especially when kneeling down in the garden. My farmer grandmother used to keep a tin of bicycle tube patches to repair her gumboots. A stitch, or a patch, in time saves nine!

[@theflowerfarmer]

bicycle patches are a genius idea - also the rolling soled style although I have very wide feet and the rolling soled sort never seem wide enough for me x

[@wincymeow3831]

Love my Merry People! 🇦🇺🙃

[@theflowerfarmer]

hurrah for merry people fans x

[@suegeorgious2851]

Hope you are ok with the storm x

[@theflowerfarmer]

it was very wet but ok - more rain coming in over the weekend though bleurgh x

[@Elisabeth_Vidgrain]

Hello Georgie ! Great minds definitely think alike !!! I’m currently looking for boots after several weeks of rain in Belgium and a storm that has finally left and his now heading to the UK 😨Your boots seem particularly nice !Thanks for sharing !

[@theflowerfarmer]

my pleasure x

[@BlessingsfromNorthIdaho]

You crack me up, lol! I need some new boots. Thanks for the oiling tip. It’s pouring rain here too. I’m dehydrating carrots and apples and rendering lard. TeresaSue

[@theflowerfarmer]

sounds as though you are having a productive time x

[@katrienvh4289]

How do the soles hold up for you please? I always find that when those begin to wear off, that they are not as comfortable any more and my feet begin to hurt.

[@theflowerfarmer]

these have v good soles and I don't end up with hurting feet x

[@katrienvh4289]

@@theflowerfarmer in Belgium, it is so hard to find a good pair of comfortabel boots for women who have smaller sized feet... I have a 36 (Belgian size). Most good boots start at 38 . Same with good walking shoes. It seems like compagnies think that women with small feet don't come out of the house 🤣For my last rubber boots, I went over to the children section. They fit, but no good soles🙄And very strange, had to take a size 35 because the 36 was way to big...

[@janspenno2241]

You could plant the boots up and put them outside the door.

[@theflowerfarmer]

I could x

[@teslaandhumanity7383]

Wellies don’t fit my calf’s either. 😂 live in flip flops 🩴 and recently crocs with fleece inside.

[@theflowerfarmer]

ooh fleecy crocs sound tempting x

[@b3564]

Rubber boots, are they not petroleum based?

[@theflowerfarmer]

Merry People boots are made with natural rubber x

[@b3564]

@@theflowerfarmer thank you, so olive oil be fine for leather/petroleum rubber work boots? I was going to use beeswax!

[@theflowerfarmer]

@@b3564 I think oil v good for leather but beeswax also excellent x

[@mkwats5375]

hello. Could you share the latin for your ivy please? My ivy doeant look or act like yours.

[@theflowerfarmer]

awful truth is it's v bog standard but I have no name as it was given me by mum's friend Bobby in a pot with some honeysuckle (also no name.) It is not any kind of fancy but does love where it climbs up the wall - plus we have slightly let it run wild which probably helps x

[@brendanbyrne1583]

I live in wellies and have treated some of them with olive oil and it shortened their lifespan and they expand and go out of shape

[@theflowerfarmer]

ooh interesting - mine doing well so far despite the fact I wear them day in and day out inside and out x (muddy house!) x

[@Holly_at_gypsyhollergardens]

Those look very comfy ! (🤫 I garden barefoot 7 months out of the year ) Something like those may make me change my mind !!!

[@theflowerfarmer]

Ooh I get told off for gardening in flip flops - barefoot even better - but we are too cold and often wet for bare feet or flip flops from September to May so these boots are heaven x

[@jshagen-ov6fw]

Duck tape might fix those cracks.

[@theflowerfarmer]

I think too far gone - but good idea - they are cracked all round - v glad I got new x

[@61katharine]

I had a pair of the original Hunters made in Scotland which lasted 25 yrs. Now they are made in China and barely last a minute.

[@61katharine]

Yes, just looked up Merry People and they are indeed made in China. That's the issue. It's not you, it's crappy Chinese workmanship I'm afraid.

[@theflowerfarmer]

true! x

[@theflowerfarmer]

well I'm going to hope they last better with oiling - they are the most comfortable boots I've had for years x

[@DonDon-e4s]

Why don't you put a rubber patch on your redundant pair and still use them around your property? Repair, Recycle, Reuse!

[@theflowerfarmer]

they were at the more than one patch stage #totallyfallingapart - but I must patch the new pairs more stitch in time style - to which end I have pre-emptively bought patches x