Gardening in a Kilt (Buzz Kidder Canvas)

**Keith A** · 25th January 08, 04:47 AM

Wearing a kilt helps you to learn to lift with your legs not your back, thats for shore.

**string** · 25th January 08, 06:51 AM

Originally Posted by Ted Crocker

Also, um... it's easier to take the kilt off than the overalls... either of which come off usually when I come in from working in the garden.

Suddenly, I don't want to come visit the sunshine and pineapples anymore, even if it is 5F outside.

**Bugbear** · 25th January 08, 08:19 AM

Originally Posted by string

Suddenly, I don't want to come visit the sunshine and pineapples anymore, even if it is 5F outside.

Sorry String... I keep editing this post because I keep thinking of ways it could be misread. Just think of your time in Costa Rica, String, and you'll be fine.

**Bugbear** · 25th January 08, 09:01 AM

Originally Posted by keith A.

Wearing a kilt helps you to learn to lift with your legs not your back, thats for shore.

I've noticed that too.

Bending at your knees and keeping your back strait does make a difference. I'm sure people who are against gardening in a kilt would point out that you can stop bending down from your hips and so on while wearing pants. I'm really not sure what the problem with kilted gardening is, but most of my life is tied up with my work in the garden, and I might only wear a kilt once or twice a month when going in town to the store if I wern't wearing it around the house and so on.... I'll try to stick to my own realm of kilt wearing and stay on my own turf, so to speak. I know I don't belong out there with the PC jackets and checked hose posts and threads.

**Bugbear** · 25th January 08, 03:30 PM

Just to experiment a little, I switched back to wearing pants while gardening today. Noticed that I have to keep adjusting my pants upward a little. Overalls take care of that problem though. There are the other comfort issues with pants too, so I'll probably go back to gardening in a kilt part of the time. Guess if I had the skill, I would make a gardening kilt. I don't have those skills, so the Buzz Kidder works just fine for me.

**Graham** · 25th January 08, 04:02 PM

Every kind or work can be done in a kilt, I garden, cut wood with a chainsaw, build things...all kilted.

If a kilt is more comfortable than jeans (and it is) then that is reason enough to do everything kilted.

Picking the right kilt is the key, I "cycle" my kilts as I did jeans, ie. as kilts get older I wear them for dirtier jobs.

Usually I wear my oldest hemp RKilt or a USA Kilt PV casual.

**Bugbear** · 25th January 08, 04:10 PM

Thanks for adding that, Graham . I was just thinking about the parts of the jeans that wear out too. The pockets usually tear and the bottums of the legs wear out on mine. Also the inseam splits some times. Kilts don't really have those parts. Also, Graham, I do think the USAK casual would be a very good kilt for the work I'm doing. I don't have one yet, but I have thought to myself that it would be very good to have the velcro closure as I am putting it on and taking it off. Sorry String, to bring that up again, but...

As far as any other gardeners, I don't care if people wear kilts or pants or what ever to garden in because I wear other things as well. This is about the kilt though. I'm just sharing what I've noticed as I garden in a kilt as aposed to pants or overalls. I also work with ceramics, and those clothes are usually my gardening clothes too, so I will just have to set aside and use one kilt for those things.

**Hamish** · 25th January 08, 07:25 PM

As a full-time kilt wearer, there is no way I would wear anything other than a kilt when gardening. In fact I have a kilt reserved expressly for that purpose, although I have also been know to wear it when washing the car. What is it? Why, a somewhat elderly Workman's model Utilikilt, whose deep pockets are perfect for holding secateurs, plant labels, plant ties, etc., etc.

Take care,
Ham.

**BoldHighlander** · 25th January 08, 07:39 PM

Originally Posted by Ted Crocker

Salsa is a very good thing to make and can. Looking through my notes on canning, I would probably use a pressure canner for that. Any vegetables would be best done that way.

Actually Ted we utilize the boiling method, never had a problem.
My wife is the expert however (she's from East Texas ). I'm there to help chop the veggies, stir, & taste test

Now regarding gardening, never tried it in a kilt, but would imagine it would give great freedom of movement, though I think like Hamish & others I'd opt for a more utilitarian material (e.g. canvas) rather than an expensive wool one.

I'd also need knee pads rather in a kilt or not (munched my right knee in '86 on my Harley).

**Bugbear** · 25th January 08, 07:46 PM

Thanks for sharing that Hamish. I can see how deep pockets would be very helpful in gardening. I have been using a tool apron that ties around my waist. That was what I started using long before I started wearing kilts though. I usually get canvas tool aprons. Tools tend to rip the back pockets off of my jeans.