I need some shoes to keep by the back door...

[cadelaide]

...that I can slip on and off easily when I see something that needs deadheading right now.

I am resistant to Crocs, I just can't. I've seen some rather splendid Hunter slippy-onny things but they're a bit pricey.

Any ideas?

I got some rather fine gardening clogs from Lidl the German farmers' market last spring.

I confess to a pair of crocs, but the standard design have holes just above the sole so are hopeless if you step onto a flowered.
DD had some that didn't have that lowest set of holes, which see loved because your feet stayed dry and much less sandy.
Nothing stays completely unsandy, with our soil.

I probably have the same pair as Maud, could have been Aldi not Lidl but definitely one of them. Do the job very well.

Crocs.

Aldi/Lidl ones here too (3 pairs in different sizes). They have no holes & do the job perfectly. Trouble is they don't always have them in so sign up for the twice-weekly emails

Or buy hole-less Crocs from Rubbersole

Or just bite the bullet & get the expensive Hunter ones!

oh, dear, even the hole-less crocs do have the holes just above the sole so they're no good either, unless you get the white medical ones (not very good in the garden!)

\link{http://www.hardware-ironmongers.com/ChulmleighCategories.aspx?cat=Garden+Shoes+and+Clogs\lots of garden clogs here} in more or less hideous colours

My cousin gave me a pair of bright orange fake crocs which she thought would delight me, but which I keep exclusively for the garden. There is no way in the world I would wear them where people could see!

I think the holes in crocs make them unsuitable. I had a horrible bout of cellulitis in my toe in the autumn and spent a week hobbling about with a toe that looked like a purple sausage, and the doctor thought it was quite likely caused by contact with the soil while gardening in flip-flops.

::Won't do that again emoticon::

Lands End clogs currently on sale. Might be too smart for the garden.

I was going to say that I only get slightly damp feet using the fake crocs, but once I'd read about your toe it does sound like they wouldn't work for you. Shame, they were phenominally cheap!

www.backdoorshoes.co.uk/backdoorshoes-size-3-8-2-c.asp

oooh, Alice, those are lovely

Those backdoor shoes are fabulous - my Lidl cheapies are identical but for the lovely illustrations.

My anecdote about my toe was intended as a warning that soil-borne lurgies entering via any tiny cut or scratch on the feet could have horrible repercussions for anyone.

I invested in a pair of flowery hunter slip on jobs last Chelsea flower show and they are fantastic, worth every penny. Comfortable, sturdy, stay on properly, keep feet dry on wet grass. Treat yourself, you deserve it.

Hunter clogs but they were a bit less at the show.

Hunter is fast becoming as common as crocs! Try Lakeland. They do several types of rubber gardening shoe. Look here.

I have a pair that look a bit like the hunter ones, but come from www.MonsterSlippers.co.uk They were £6.99 in green and do the job nicely thank you.

I was given a pair of www.backdoorshoes.co.uk for christmas, have been amazing with all this horrible weather recently. Great for nipping out to feed the Guinea Pigs! I got the blubells designs.

I love my 'Backdoorshoes' with bluebells on

I have a pair of croc wellies with the fake fur ruff. I needed something to tuck my PJ into.

I've got the Joules Wellibobs - they are ankle boots but you can just step into them rather than needing to pull them on as the plastic is rigid but the inside is very soft.

I got mine on EBay for 20 quid

I have the 'poppy' backdoor shoes, they are lovely. Asked or them for my birthday.