Hi everyone, I love gardening but with the garden turning into a bit of a bog I need some wellies, but being a large girl I cannot find any that will go over my calves. Does anyone know of any big lady wellies?
Thanks for your help
Lillia

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Hi everyone, I love gardening but with the garden turning into a bit of
a bog I need some wellies, but being a large girl I cannot find any
that will go over my calves. Does anyone know of any big lady wellies?
Thanks for your help
Lillia


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lillia


These look to be a bit larger in the calf department.

http://www.gemplers.com/a/shop/produ...=G74002-6&UID=
200602181457195621286727

http://makeashorterlink.com/?Y44614AAC

Or maybe:

http://www.treds.com/TredsBoots.html

Bill

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Hi everyone, I love gardening but with the garden turning into
a
bit of a bog I need some wellies, but being a large girl I
cannot
find any that will go over my calves. Does anyone know of any
big
lady wellies? Thanks for your help
Lillia

Stomping around in your garden when it is wet will compact the
soil.

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Travis in Shoreline (just North of Seattle) Washington
USDA Zone 8
Sunset Zone 5

Does anyone know of any big lady wellies?

Another alternative: Go to Walmart and try on a pair of "men's)
wading boots (for fisherrnen). If they're OK, just cut off the tops.

When my first pair sprang a leak, high up, I cut off the tops and have
been using them as "wellies" for years.

vince norris

Whadda know!!!

Those are actual boots that you wear!!!

Was wondering if "Fat Lady Wellington boots" was some sort of common name
for pitcher plants.


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Hi everyone, I love gardening but with the garden turning into a bit of
a bog I need some wellies, but being a large girl I cannot find any
that will go over my calves. Does anyone know of any big lady wellies?
Thanks for your help

Go to a farmer's suply shop. You'll find a wider range iof
work-wellies, and even the womens sizes are wider cut than the more
fashionable ones sold in shoe shops. Here, mens sizes start at 6 (37
European) and are cut more generously than womens. Or, at
horse-suppliers you can buy comfortable short (ankle length) rubber
boots called muckers, for mucking-out.

Otherwise, there's a very expensive French brand called Le Chameau,
worn by many professional gardeners here in Europe for the superior fit
and comfort. Iirc some models have expanders built into the calves .

oops, forgot this

http://www.lechameauusa.com/

click on the vierzon boot to see the calf-gusset close up

Janet.

On Sun, 19 Feb 2006 07:40:11 GMT
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Hi everyone, I love gardening but with the garden turning into a bit of
a bog I need some wellies, but being a large girl I cannot find any
that will go over my calves. Does anyone know of any big lady wellies?
Thanks for your help

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Otherwise, there's a very expensive French brand called Le Chameau,
worn by many professional gardeners here in Europe for the superior fit
and comfort. Iirc some models have expanders built into the calves .


Hi Janet,

Le Chameau actually offers calf sizes over a fairly wide range,
but only in the upper end of the line. I'm difficult to fit in wellies
for just this reason, and recently tried some of the high end
models. Too rich for my blood -- I think the St Hubert was over
200 EU -- but leather-lined and everything, they were very, very
comfortable.

The good news is that they are practically indestructible. I've
had my (low end) Chameaux for perhaps 12 years, they're still
OK except for a tiny leak somewhere that only shows wading a
stream, or in the peat bog. Anyway given the cost of replacement,
I'll live with the occasional wet foot.

Apparently at the factory store (in La Ferté Macé?) they
are significatly discounted, if the OP is likely to be in Normandy
any time soon.

-E

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On Sat, 18 Feb 2006 13:04:05 -0800, Bill
wrote:

In article ,
says...

Hi everyone, I love gardening but with the garden turning into a bit of
a bog I need some wellies, but being a large girl I cannot find any
that will go over my calves. Does anyone know of any big lady wellies?
Thanks for your help
Lillia

If you don't find what you want, perhaps you could take your wellies
to a shoemaker to have them sew in an elastic inset.

Persephone.


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lillia


These look to be a bit larger in the calf department.

http://www.gemplers.com/a/shop/produ...=G74002-6&UID=
200602181457195621286727

http://makeashorterlink.com/?Y44614AAC

Or maybe:

http://www.treds.com/TredsBoots.html

Bill

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Hi everyone, I love gardening but with the garden turning into a bit of
a bog I need some wellies, but being a large girl I cannot find any
that will go over my calves. Does anyone know of any big lady wellies?
Thanks for your help
Lillia


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lillia

Hardware stores often carry boots intended for sloshing around in wet
basements. Usually bright yellow so the drowned worker's body can be found.
:-) These boots tend to be rather large in the calf.