Protect Your Head with a Bahama Hat by Columbia
I really dislike wearing sunscreen on my face, so I prefer to wear a wide-brimmed hat when gardening. I also like to wear a light long sleeved shirt but I understand that some of the sun’s rays can still get through. Anyway, I was looking for some sun hats today and really like the design of this Bahama Hat made by Columbia. It provides for air circulation while protecting your face and neck. It also has a chin strap for windy days. These kinds of hats generally make me look like a dork when I wear them hiking or walking around. But for gardening, they get a green thumbs up! So the next time some neighborhood punk throws a rock at you for wearing one of these hats, you can tell them, “you won’t be laughing when you get your first skin cancer removed from your neck, sonny boy!” The hat is available from Cabelas.com, which also has lots of other similar products. Costs around $18.00.
Thursday ~ April 04, 2007 by kswanson56 Posted in Clothes for Gardening, Gardening Gifts for Women, Gardening Lifestyle | Add Your Comments
Muck® Shoes, Boots and Scrubs
Perfect for wet winter months and spring gardening chores, Muck® Shoes, Boots and Scrubs are an ideal gardening gift. You can get out in the snow, walk through muddy gardens, or stroll comfortably in your yard with these great gardening shoes. They have a soft, comfortable footbed and a vulcanized rubber outsole for hard work. They’re relatively lightweight so they’re more comfortable for working than regular gardening books. Cost is about $60.00 for some models and up to $70.00 for other Muck® shoes and boots.
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Monday ~ January 01, 2007 by kswanson56 Posted in Clothes for Gardening, Garden Tools, Gardening Gifts for Women, Gardening Lifestyle | Add Your Comments
Crocs Cayman Shoe for Women
If you’re looking for a great gift for that special lady in your life, try out these excellent Crocs Cayman Shoes for women. These durable and comfy clogs are made from Croslite™ PCCR, which means that fit like a glove! Or maybe in this case, a glove-like sock. The tough sole is slip resistant and they are designed to breath, making for a very comfortable gardening experience.
Friday ~ October 10, 2006 by kswanson56 Posted in Clothes for Gardening, Gardening Gifts for Women, Gardening Lifestyle | Add Your Comments
Petal Pushin’ Pinkies Garden Flower Herbal Slippers
Here’s a cool gift for that special gardening lady friend in your life (or your Mom, sister, daughter, etc.): Petal Pushin’ Pinkies Garden Flower Herbal Slippers from UnCommonGoods.com! These special therapeutic slippers will help your feet relax after a hard day’s work or a day of gardening. They are filled with dried herbs, flowers and flax seed to give your feet a gentle massage while filling the room with the pleasant aroma of herbs. These slippers are designed for therapy and relaxing, not walking. Cost is $25.00.
Thursday ~ August 08, 2006 by kswanson56 Posted in Clothes for Gardening, Gardening Gifts for Women, Gardening Lifestyle | Add Your Comments
Gardener’s Hat
If you’ve got mad gardening skills and your roses are bloomin’ like crazy, then I suppose you have the right to brag. This gardener’s hat will keep the sun out of your eyes while showing the world who’s the best gardener in your household. The photo is a little weird, but the hat is actually green with brown trim. It has an adjustable brass buckle so even your spouse can borrow it once and a while. Available from GardenScapeTools.com for 18 bucks.
Sunday ~ August 08, 2006 by kswanson56 Posted in Clothes for Gardening | Add Your Comments
Purple Topiary Ladies Work Glove
Yardiac.com sells these tough, thorn resistant, and form fitting purple topiary gloves for women. Don’t worry guys, they have several models of work and garden gloves for men, too! The palm is thorn resistant, so you can prune your roses without worrying about the thorn. These gloves fit great and will give you extra dexterity in the garden. They’re machine washable, padded, and the fabric breaths as well!
Wednesday ~ August 08, 2006 by kswanson56 Posted in Clothes for Gardening, Garden Tools, Gardening Gifts for Women | Add Your Comments
Waterproof Hemp Fiber Boots
Earth Friendly Goods offers some interesting environmentally friendly products including lots of hemp clothing. Hemp is considered to be a fully sustainable and biodegradable fabric, so it’s the way to go if you’re looking for environmentally friendly clothing. They also have these excellent waterproof hemp boots, which look like they’d be great for working in the garden!
Friday ~ July 07, 2006 by kswanson56 Posted in Clothes for Gardening | Add Your Comments
Gardening T-Shirts
The Blossom Swap has a unique collection of gardening t-shirts and apparel to help show off your love of gardening. As a fan of compost, I especially liked this “got worms” t-shirt. This is a great way to promote the culture of composting, which is really the best thing you can do for your garden. You can also wear this t-shirt if you’re a fan of fried worms. Yum!
Wednesday ~ July 07, 2006 by kswanson56 Posted in Clothes for Gardening, Gardening Lifestyle | Add Your Comments
Gardening Pants
If you’ve had trouble finding comfortable pants for gardening, try out these “Slogger’s Gardening Pants.” These soft, all cotton pants have extra deep pockets for gardening tools, elastic cuffs to keep the dirt out, knee pockets for inserting cushions for your knees, and Velcro closers on the pockets. These pants are truly durable, comfortable, and practical! 
Friday ~ July 07, 2006 by kswanson56 Posted in Clothes for Gardening | Add Your Comments
Great Gardening and Camping Shoes
The Edgewater Camp Shoe, produced by the MuckBoot Company, is a great shoe for wearing while getting dirty. It provides more support than your typical gardening shoe so you can use it for heavy duty work in the garden. The toe is reinforced to protect your precious digits! It’s waterproof and insulated as well! 
Wednesday ~ July 07, 2006 by kswanson56 Posted in Clothes for Gardening, Gardening Gifts for Women | Add Your Comments
Gardenscape’s Gifts
Gardenscape Tools is a gardening website that operates both in Canada and the U.S. They have a very cool page devoted specifically to gardening gift sets. They have stuff for women, men, and even fun theme gifts. 
Tuesday ~ June 06, 2006 by kswanson56 Posted in Clothes for Gardening, Garden Tools, Gardening Lifestyle | Add Your Comments
Eco-Friendly Products for the Garden and Home
I was doing some research on environmentally friendly companies and products last week and found the Green Home Environmental store. Green Home sells a ton of cool gifts, gadgets, and useful products for a more eco-friendly garden and home, including these low-flow hose attachments, natural and organic pesticides, etc.
Monday ~ June 06, 2006 by kswanson56 Posted in Clothes for Gardening, Garden Furniture, Garden Tools, Gardening Lifestyle, Hard to Find Seeds, Kids, Natural Pesticides and Fertilizers, Organic Gardening, Vegetables | Add Your Comments
Gardeningshoes.com
These guys really lucked out when the bought their domain name! GardeningShoes.com features high quality garden clogs. There are a number of styles on their site, and they are all very affordable.
Wednesday ~ June 06, 2006 by kswanson56 Posted in Clothes for Gardening | Add Your Comments
Leather Gardening Gloves
Garden Artisans offers these very cool and classic gardening gloves made from leather. The leather comes from one of France’s oldest tanneries. These are great gloves if you’re looking for gloves made from 100% natural materials. The leather has been specially treated so that it will survive frequent use and hand washing. 
Thursday ~ June 06, 2006 by kswanson56 Posted in Clothes for Gardening | Add Your Comments
Bug Print Garden Shoes
Swains General Store has these cool bug print garden shoes. They’d make a great gift for a wife, mother, or mother-in-law, daughter, or lady friend gardener. Price is $17.00 plus shipping and handling.
Friday ~ May 05, 2006 by kswanson56 Posted in Clothes for Gardening, Gardening Gifts for Women | Add Your Comments
Wellington Garden Boots
Wellington Garden Boots are boots for the serious gardener. They are comfortable, colorful, all-rubber boots that will keep you dry and clean while slogging it out in the garden or at the farm. These are the classic boots that are named for the English Duke of Wellington, who won the Battle of Waterloo. 
Wednesday ~ May 05, 2006 by kswanson56 Posted in Clothes for Gardening, Gardening Lifestyle, Serious Gardener | Add Your Comments
Wet Stop Gardening Gloves
MasterGardener.com offers Wet Stop gardening gloves. Wet Stop gloves are ideal for protecting your hands and keeping them dry while gardening. You can perform a huge variety of garden tasks with these durable, well built gloves.
Tuesday ~ May 05, 2006 by kswanson56 Posted in Clothes for Gardening | Add Your Comments
Garden Gloves from the UK
Even if you don’t live in the UK, you can take advantage of Keen Gardener to purchase some high quality gardening gloves on-line. They have a huge selection, so what are you waiting for? Bet your knickers they’re high quality, too!
Wednesday ~ March 03, 2006 by kswanson56 Posted in Clothes for Gardening, Garden Tools, Gardening Lifestyle, Serious Gardener | Add Your Comments
Durable Pants for Gardening
‘Drylights’ chaps are ideal for the serious gardener or small farmer. They are quilted and have a tough upvc outer coating to keep out the cold, water, and the dirt and grime of serious gardening.
They come in two attractive colors and were developed by Anna Jeoffroy and Philip Salmon out of their need for comfortable, warm, and durable winter clothing that can stand up the abuses of people who work outdoors.
Saturday ~ February 02, 2006 by kswanson56 Posted in Clothes for Gardening, Garden Tools, Gardening Lifestyle, Serious Gardener | Add Your Comments
American Beauty Women’s Gloves
The ideal gloves for pruning your roses or other similar thorny plants. Heavy-duty Goatskin treated with lanolin will last forever and hold up to the toughest gardening chores, while still remaining soft and comfortable. Water repellent and easy to hand-wash. Featured at 38.95$ here. 
Thursday ~ January 01, 2006 by kswanson56 Posted in Clothes for Gardening, Gardening Gifts for Women, Gardening Lifestyle, Serious Gardener | Add Your Comments
