Gardening in a Kilt (Buzz Kidder Canvas)

[Bugbear]

I finished those weeds on the side of the cottage, and now there's a bunch of green stuff to mix into the compost pile that had been moved over on top of that trench I dug. I was going to review that belt and tool pouch.

The situation was that I bought a black 2" wide belt at lowes a couple of days back. The belt was to go with my kilts for casual dress, but it came with a nylon and Velcro covered foam padding that attached to the belt. While looking at that, right next to it was a black, canvas tool pouch on sale for fifteen dollars. I had been needing one of those, and all the other tool pouches were very expensive leather styles. I got both the belt and the pouch. I noticed that the Velcro padding thing for the belt had two straps with belt loops that slid over the belt, and these straps had the other side of the Velcro from the padding... The straps are completely removable from the padding and the belts. I saw that I could then take the long Velcro covered padding piece and attach the Velcro strap to each end, and make a complete belt from just the padding! It just so happens that the canvas tool pouch has Velcro on the back side of the sleeve that the work belt is meant to slide through. I can stick the tool pouch on the Velcro of the padding belt. I don't know that the Velcro will be able to hold up a power drill or some kind of heavy load, but it seems to do pretty well. The padding is wider than the belt, I'm guessing three inches wide. Wide belts make a big difference because a skinnier belt tends to cut in to my waist. The canvas apron pouch that I usually use. has strips of canvas made into strings like most aprons and that can cause discomfort problems too. This padding belt is very comfortable, and the tool pouch, with the Velcro, can be easily moved to the front, side or back of the belt to get it out of the way.

As far as I can tell this was a really good buy all around. If I weren't intending the leather part of the belt to be used with my kilts, it would probably be good with that padding. I kind of like having the Velcro closure just to be able to get the whole thing off quickly though.

I think I'm done with the work for today, I got a bunch done out there. In a bit I'll go out there and water the citrus to get the fertilizer started on it's way. I have the trees set up so I can flood the area they are growing in to water them. I'll also write up a post to tell the story of how I ended up with six cats.