My new gardening outfit

[peasant]

Fashion conscious as I am, I bought myself a new gardening Jacket and gloves





Yes, your eyes are not deceiving you ...not only are they a fetching shade of yellow/orange, but they are indeed a welding jacket and gloves...made out of cow hide.

A tad heavy and perhaps not suitable for a hot day, but just the ticket when attacking brambles and blackthorn of which my "garden" has an abundance.

I've been using welding gloves for years, but now with the jacket I can finally trim edges, cut back branches and run the lawnmower along the hedge without giving blood every time.

[765489]

Where did you buy the jacket Peasant ? Would be interested in something like that.

[peasant]

bought it here:

https://www.gasweld.ie/product/weldas-p ... ng-jacket/

[kadman]

I think you forgot the hazmat mask and googles.
Putins M65 will make short work of that, he will nuke the brambles for you.

[765489]

I have a pair of Stihl chainsaw boots and leggings in orange so the jacket would complete the orange transformation for me.

[peasant]

Putins M65

All credit for overkill ...but that's a tad much...even for me

[peasant]

complete the orange transformation for me.

mind...that thing is very heavy and you'll get quite sweaty in it if you wear it a while doing physical work ...yellow fabric might be a better choice.

Main reason I bought this is that whenever my monster mower drags me close along the hedges in my garden, I invariably get dragged through brambles and blackthorn. That's bloody, hurts and itches for days and I've had enough of that.

[765489]

I'm just thinking there you should also get a motorbike helmet.

Stig on a ride on.

[490808]

Fashion conscious as I am, I bought myself a new gardening Jacket and gloves

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Why not use an old Barbour jacket you could even get the trousers?

[peasant]

Why not use an old Barbour jacket you could even get the trousers?

Did ...well not Barbour, but a waxy jacket type thingy ...ripped to shreds it was.

Have you seen what a blackthorn thorn can do to a lawnmower tyre?
Now imagine what it does to your skin ...

[490808]

My lawn mower tyres and barrow tyres are filled with tyre goop - works!



I'm slowly eradicating the blackthorn here. I've found a couple of sprays each year with anything with 2,4-D in it knocks it well back. So after keeping it out of the field edges of the garden I'm slowly getting rid of larger plants that aren't part of a hedgerow.

[peasant]

Yepp ...my lawnmower tyres are solid goop covereed in a black agri profile

I'm not getting rid of the blackthorn, just keeping it in check. I looks beautiful in bloom and the birds just love it for nesting and hiding in.

[CelticRambler]

My lawn mower tyres and barrow tyres are filled with tyre goop - works!

Are you suggesting Peasant fills his legs with tyre Goop?

[peasant]

These are the tyres now almost completely filled with goop - attached to Monster-Mower - also orange


(not my actual mower - pic from tinternet)