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

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@undinia
@undinia Жыл бұрын
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
@theflowerfarmer Жыл бұрын
thankyou - yes agree re support and no pressure - fantastic for a person like me who wears boots from dawn till bed x
@ellenpaasch4743
@ellenpaasch4743 Жыл бұрын
Georgie, you are such a joy!
@theflowerfarmer
@theflowerfarmer Жыл бұрын
Thankyou x
@marie9244
@marie9244 Жыл бұрын
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
@theflowerfarmer Жыл бұрын
my grandmother was born in Toorak (in 1913) so always happy to support Melbourne business. xxx
@johickey3158
@johickey3158 Ай бұрын
I was looking at redbacks, now im on merry people, cheers Georigie
@theflowerfarmer
@theflowerfarmer Ай бұрын
enjoy x
@johickey3158
@johickey3158 Ай бұрын
@@theflowerfarmer ordered the beetroot red talls :)
@janehemsley1075
@janehemsley1075 11 ай бұрын
Marvellous! This will be my first job tomorrow.
@theflowerfarmer
@theflowerfarmer 10 ай бұрын
go for it x
@zat6442
@zat6442 Жыл бұрын
Had no idea you could stop rubber boots cracking - always frustrated me that they do - thanks for the tip
@theflowerfarmer
@theflowerfarmer Жыл бұрын
Happy to help x
@rosemarybushea3517
@rosemarybushea3517 Жыл бұрын
❤ Just love your videos and your personality
@theflowerfarmer
@theflowerfarmer Жыл бұрын
thank you x
@sharonoleary9935
@sharonoleary9935 Жыл бұрын
Boots? Loving your hat!
@theflowerfarmer
@theflowerfarmer Жыл бұрын
Thankyou - Fabrizio gave it me after a trip to Scotland recently x
@mojow9841
@mojow9841 Жыл бұрын
Thank you the sight of you jumping in puddles cheered me up no end on a dreich day!
@theflowerfarmer
@theflowerfarmer Жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it x
@staceydoran7927
@staceydoran7927 Жыл бұрын
So good to see you Georgie!
@theflowerfarmer
@theflowerfarmer Жыл бұрын
hey there Stacey x
@endamurphy7970
@endamurphy7970 Жыл бұрын
Thank you, Georgie - You are a tonic on a rotten, wet day! 🌧️🌈👢👢💃😊
@theflowerfarmer
@theflowerfarmer Жыл бұрын
You are so welcome! x
@Julia21d
@Julia21d 11 ай бұрын
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
@theflowerfarmer 11 ай бұрын
lol - great idea x
@kirstycable7836
@kirstycable7836 Жыл бұрын
I’m picking olives in Spain and taking them to the mill! Lasts years oil will do well for my wellies
@theflowerfarmer
@theflowerfarmer Жыл бұрын
Perfect x
@elodieleaf
@elodieleaf Жыл бұрын
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
@theflowerfarmer Жыл бұрын
Thankyou - my calf muscles are more useful than beautiful but I know how lucky I am to have them x
@elodieleaf
@elodieleaf Жыл бұрын
@@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
@teefrancis6005 Жыл бұрын
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
@theflowerfarmer Жыл бұрын
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
@teefrancis6005 Жыл бұрын
Fantastic! Have a Merry time 😊xx
@kaleygreen8426
@kaleygreen8426 Жыл бұрын
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
@theflowerfarmer Жыл бұрын
You are so welcome! x
@sheilahurford5931
@sheilahurford5931 11 ай бұрын
Love this made me smile 😃
@theflowerfarmer
@theflowerfarmer 11 ай бұрын
thank you x
@CountryloverCountrylover
@CountryloverCountrylover Жыл бұрын
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
@theflowerfarmer Жыл бұрын
I hope this trick gets me two years a pair over one x
@jaynetanner3757
@jaynetanner3757 11 ай бұрын
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
@theflowerfarmer 11 ай бұрын
hello west Dorset! xxx
@pollywaffledoodah3057
@pollywaffledoodah3057 Жыл бұрын
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
@theflowerfarmer 11 ай бұрын
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
@karendavidson394 Жыл бұрын
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
@theflowerfarmer Жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing! that sounds a great idea x
@salardis8804
@salardis8804 Жыл бұрын
I'd love to see another video of those boots one year from now
@theflowerfarmer
@theflowerfarmer Жыл бұрын
I expect you'll see them being worn again and again week after week all year round x
@homestead.smallholding
@homestead.smallholding 11 ай бұрын
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
@theflowerfarmer 11 ай бұрын
they are very high quality x
@rubygray7749
@rubygray7749 Жыл бұрын
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
@theflowerfarmer Жыл бұрын
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
@wincymeow3831 Жыл бұрын
Love my Merry People! 🇦🇺🙃
@theflowerfarmer
@theflowerfarmer Жыл бұрын
hurrah for merry people fans x
@suegeorgious2851
@suegeorgious2851 Жыл бұрын
Hope you are ok with the storm x
@theflowerfarmer
@theflowerfarmer Жыл бұрын
it was very wet but ok - more rain coming in over the weekend though bleurgh x
@Elisabeth_Vidgrain
@Elisabeth_Vidgrain Жыл бұрын
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
@theflowerfarmer Жыл бұрын
my pleasure x
@BlessingsfromNorthIdaho
@BlessingsfromNorthIdaho Жыл бұрын
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
@theflowerfarmer Жыл бұрын
sounds as though you are having a productive time x
@katrienvh4289
@katrienvh4289 Жыл бұрын
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
@theflowerfarmer Жыл бұрын
these have v good soles and I don't end up with hurting feet x
@katrienvh4289
@katrienvh4289 Жыл бұрын
@@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
@janspenno2241 Жыл бұрын
You could plant the boots up and put them outside the door.
@theflowerfarmer
@theflowerfarmer Жыл бұрын
I could x
@teslaandhumanity7383
@teslaandhumanity7383 Жыл бұрын
Wellies don’t fit my calf’s either. 😂 live in flip flops 🩴 and recently crocs with fleece inside.
@theflowerfarmer
@theflowerfarmer Жыл бұрын
ooh fleecy crocs sound tempting x
@b3564
@b3564 26 күн бұрын
Rubber boots, are they not petroleum based?
@theflowerfarmer
@theflowerfarmer 26 күн бұрын
Merry People boots are made with natural rubber x
@b3564
@b3564 26 күн бұрын
@@theflowerfarmer thank you, so olive oil be fine for leather/petroleum rubber work boots? I was going to use beeswax!
@theflowerfarmer
@theflowerfarmer 26 күн бұрын
@@b3564 I think oil v good for leather but beeswax also excellent x
@mkwats5375
@mkwats5375 Жыл бұрын
hello. Could you share the latin for your ivy please? My ivy doeant look or act like yours.
@theflowerfarmer
@theflowerfarmer Жыл бұрын
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
@brendanbyrne1583 6 ай бұрын
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
@theflowerfarmer 6 ай бұрын
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
@Holly_at_gypsyhollergardens Жыл бұрын
Those look very comfy ! (🤫 I garden barefoot 7 months out of the year ) Something like those may make me change my mind !!!
@theflowerfarmer
@theflowerfarmer Жыл бұрын
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
@jshagen-ov6fw Жыл бұрын
Duck tape might fix those cracks.
@theflowerfarmer
@theflowerfarmer Жыл бұрын
I think too far gone - but good idea - they are cracked all round - v glad I got new x
@61katharine
@61katharine Жыл бұрын
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
@61katharine Жыл бұрын
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
@theflowerfarmer Жыл бұрын
true! x
@theflowerfarmer
@theflowerfarmer Жыл бұрын
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
@DonDon-e4s 7 ай бұрын
Why don't you put a rubber patch on your redundant pair and still use them around your property? Repair, Recycle, Reuse!
@theflowerfarmer
@theflowerfarmer 7 ай бұрын
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
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