what do you wear while homesteading?

Nothing....

Um, that is if I didn't have neighbors LOL For now I usually just wear jeans and a t.

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Come on!!! What kinda backward homesteaders are you...
Living out in the wilds it's best to go NAKED!!!




Of course in the real world...
If it's warm I generally have Jeans and a long sleeve button down shirt. Keeps the sun off and in fact keeps me cooler. If it's just a lazy day, I'll where shorts tho. Foot wear is generally boots if the work is to be laborious or moccasins if it's just general stuff.

If it's cold, Well it's jeans, t-shirt, flannel, carhart, hat, gloves, heavy socks, and snow boots. I finally found the temp at which this sweaty mountain man doesn't sweat when doing chores.... -5F.




What I'd suggest for the ladies and boots for footware, Get a mens boot in your size. They will be better built, tougher, and last you a heck of a lot longer. Also they will cost less. I almost had to force the dear wife 10 years ago to get a good pair of boots..... She still has them and they are still in good shape.

If I were to garden and do my barn work naked.. where would I wipe off the poop?
No, I mean it! The thought of wiping my wet/poopy/sticky hands onto bare skin is sooo oogie I almost can't stand it.
I suppose I could wear an apron.....

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If you are wearing an apron with nothing under it, is that still considered being naked? You could just put a towel around your neck for wiping your hands.

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Sports bra & gym style shorts with my trashed t-shirt tucked in my waist band for easy access as I never know when someone is gona show up for a visit. It's common knowlegde that if you want to speak with me during the Summer don't call as I won't come in from the backyard/garden to answer the phone.
However if were out in the boonies I'd go topless, unless I was canning or pruning rose bushes.

Pj pants are quick and easy to make ...put in a drawstring and they work even better with changing weights. The next step up for protection/utility in the summer heat I would say is cargo pants. They tend to be lighter weight than denim and have lots of handy pockets.

For tops I would say t-shirts or mens Hawaiian shirts. And no matter the temp match the footwear to the job.

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Tshirts and shorts in the summer. Tshirts and jeans in the winter.

Usually athletic shoes but sometimes my flips or sandals. Though that's not really a very good idea.

When we had pigs I would wear muck boots in the rainy season.

Shorts, t-shirt, tennis shoes. I don't own jeans cause to me they are too hot for Texas -- although a lot of people look at me funny when I say that, I just can not stand jeans when the temps above 40 degree's or so (I lived my first 30+ years in MN and WI) and we only have a few hours a year below 40 degree's in this part of Texas.

If I'm going out I change to dress pants and either keep the t-shirt or change to a dress shirt or polo type shirt (depending where I'm going) also usually change into cleaner shoes (AGAIN, depending where I'm going). My "homesteading" tennis shows can be (at various times) covered in dirt, mud, manure, compost or at the very least are grass stained. and are usually taken off in the garage and left to dry out.

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Spring/summer/fall ~ t shirt and cargo shorts! I love the shorts with multiple pockets! I bought myself a pair of Muck shoes and I wear them every day while I'm outside, with white footie-socks. If I need something warmer than a T, I like zippered hooded sweatshirts.

Winter weather calls for heavy sweat pants over long johns, layers of long sleeved shirts, a hooded sweat shirt over a knit hat, topped off with a heavy vest. I have several pairs of heavy winter boots that I rotate, depending on what I'm doing.

Couple of years ago I decided I should put some effort into looking "presentable" while I was home, as I had a lot of folks stopping in for eggs and honey. I bought several inexpensive tops and promptly ripped a hole in each one (every time I walked through a gate or near a fence). Now I'm back to stuff from the thrift store. Doesn't pay to try to look nice when being functional is what's important.

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Jeans--anything lighter weight and I'm likely to get scratched on brush or get it ripped on wire or?????. On the very hottest days I wear elastic waist cotton Chefwear pants from my former life.

Tshirt and man's long sleeve shirt over it. Again, protection from scratches, bugs and the sun. If I get too hot I will take the overshirt off.

Hiking boots or mud boots. I need the ankle support. When I wear mud boots I have a stretchy ankle support thingy I put on my left ankle.

Hat--boonie hats are good since they are washable and sturdy. Straw hat sometimes, but if I wear them all the time I will go through a lot of them. I am hard on my clothes.

I do not leave the property to go anywhere other than the feed store dressed like that and often I am too dirty to even go to the feed store without changing.

As you see I am quite the fashion plate also. I am afraid I get my fashion sense from my grandma who in working in her garden in her later years wore my deceased grandpa's western style shirts and old patched jeans and a tropical pit helmet--and did not wear her teeth.

Jean

I recycle my tank tops and t-shirts into house dress. I just sew a yard or two of fabric around the bottom, and wahlah,a dress. I like these in summer and wear them almost every day to do the basic chores.If I working in the woods or out in the pasture on foot,I wear jeans. I wear heavy duty sandles (kinda like burkinstocks),a heavy treaded bottom and wide leathe straps across the foot,and tennis in the summer. Winter I wear jeans,mens flannel shirts,t-shirts,sweat shirts and pants,Boots and tennis.

BTW,Wind in her hair,I love the scarecrow.

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In the summer when working outside I wear jeans, shorts and a t-Shirt. If working around brush and stuff it will always be jeans. I also always have at least tennis shoes on no flip flops here. Too many ouchies around! I also have to have socks on with my shoes otherwise I seem to get "stuff" in the shoes.
My favorite winter wear is the $ 2.00 rummage sale ski jackets! I usually manage to find "brand new" or maybe worn once or twice to ski in jackets each year! I wear these as my barn jackets intil I wear them out. Nice one for town, slight worn one for around the place and the won't hurt if something happens to it one for the messy chores! Not a fashion statement, but I have never heard the critters complain unless their feeding is late!!

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This time of year I wear T-shirts or tank tops, shorts or capris. Cheap pull on tennis shoes or flip flops.

Winter time it's sweat pants or flannel lined jeans, sweat shirt or pull over turtleneck sweater. Lined boots when it gets really cold.

Typical 'clean the stalls, milk the goats, mow the lawn, work in the garden' clothes!

cut offs, t-shirt, and if I'm dressing up flip flops-

So, yer in the sunshine state with lots of insects, blazing sun, rank humidity, and homesteading wondering what should I wear. I am just an ol hillbilly myself, and I wouldnt worry too much about fashion if it were me. I have yet to run up on a pig, goat, turkey, cow or chicken that ever really cared about "style". This brings us down to simple practical clothing. Jeans? they are not going to "breath" very well although they do offer a lot of protection from brambles, briars and bugs. I would go with the old style mens cotton kaki britches, loose fitting to allow a bit of air flow, yet providing protection for the legs.
footwear... Lots of choices there, pending your situtation, but again think protection first. If you have large livestock, boots are your safe bet. Steal toes may not be stylish, but they keep yer toes where they belong. Theres just nothing that quite compares to having a toe mashed off by a horse or cow. For gardening chores or just fiddlin around the place tenny rompers or even sandals will do the trick.

Shirts/blouses........ light colored, long sleeves will help cool and offer protection from critters. again loose fitting to allow air circulation. Dont confuse "loose fitting" with sloppy floppy fitting, you never want anything that will fly around in the breeze and catch itself in any power equipment. Keep yer sleeves buttoned, or rolled up, shirt tails tucked in at all times around anything more powerful than a duck or rabbit.

Hats. Some folks claim they are good things, but personally I have never ever found a practical use for the things other than wasting time chasing after them when a breeze sends it sailing. Ok, I have to revise that, the old felt hats were good fer fillin with charcoal and using to filter the bardy oils out of moonshine.

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A months pay for a good pair of boots is about right. Just be sure its a good boot, anything that wont last 5 years, worn daylite til dark each and every day in all sorts a weather isnt a good boot.

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I thought you was going to say some of these, http://www.biconet.com/traps/deerflyPatch.html I was gunna say don't get them.Oh they work,but I have caps strung out all over these woods from them infernal things flying off withum. lol eDDIE bUCK

yvonnes hubby- yes i was speaking more from a practical point of view rather than making a fashion statement on the homestead

I'm just trying to think of how i can make my life simpler with clothing that will last. i'm in line for a new pair of actual shoes (not flip flops basically) and thought that finding out what would be good to wear out in the fields might be a better option to get now.

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I am the height of fashion around here, obviously I dress for both comfort and function with no thought to how I actually look. Typical day for me:



Notice the sexy pink crocs, on a cooler day I add knee high socks, usually a really strange color that I got off the clearance rack. lol I wear those dumb crocs nearly everyday in the warmer months. I switch to my hot pink muck boots when I clean out the goat pens. I have a thing for pink Honestly the crocs are comfy, easy to clean, cheap and never seem to wear out.

My skirts are all homemade, I'm a big girl and finding things that fit is near impossible, so I just make my own. The one in the picture is a heavy cotton, almost like a jean material, it should last a good long while.

Today I'm in a light blue skirt with hot pink top and crocs. I'm sure I make the neighbors smile.

Good luck in your quest for comfort!

Jeans (comfy old ones) oversized t-shirt, baseball cap with ponytail pulled through and tennis shoes.

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