Are you a glove person

[deezyb]

i wear my lilac gloves all the time, unless things fiddly! i prefer to just pick up stuff and since my cats often use border for toilet, always best to have gloves on at all times!

[NSB]

Its really interesting - the amount of gloves on the market and we still cant find the right ones.

[sez]

Its really interesting - the amount of gloves on the market and we still cant find the right ones.

true... im trying to find some heavier (for general clearing up, the odd thorn etc rather than anything involving sharp dangerous things) duty ones that actually fit. All i can find is massive blokes ones which leave you with no dexterity whatsoever. I've had to buy some cheap heavy duty ones at wilko as theres loads of broken glass on my plot i need to clear, but I can tell its gonna drive me bonkers!

[NSB]

If your a lady! I've just bought the perfect size ones, they are thick leather type things from B&Q they were about 2.50 last week end, if you go in there they have the blue spotted cuff. 100% recommended. Nicola

[sez]

i'll check that out thanks

[Herbie]

I don't particularly like gloves either but it depends what needs doing. I think I may check out B&Q, could do with some that fit!

[Alice]

I find gloves a nuisance BUT I can't stand having my hands in the dirt and all scruffed up. Strange for a gardener, but there you are and gloves it is.

[TonyF]

Tony - is that every 10 years for a booster or to start again with a full course?

Have the full course then a booster (one shot) every 10 years.

[Two_Sheds]

I've tried all kinds of gloves, most are too big, and the washable suede ones go a bit brittle; cotton ones just rip. I've settled on the latex thornproof kind Welcome to Keengardener Stanley All Season Thornproof Gloves- The quality garden equipment supplier for Greenhouses, Greenhouse Equipment, Watering & Irrigation, Pond Products, Lighting, Patio Heaters, BBQ & Firepits, Furniture, Garden Tools, Water F I got some in a small lady size, they were purple not green.
It's bare hands for most jobs though, otherwise I can't feel what I'm doing.

[heebiejeebie]

I wear gloves - the cotton ones with latex fingers for general planting and weeding, thick suede for heavier work. Gloves off for fiddly work only. Otherwise the skin comes off the backs my hands, I get the kind of ingrained dirt that doesn't come off and my fingers get covered with those cuts that you only find next time you peel an orange

One pair of cotton/latex gloves lasts about 3-4 months but that's garden, allotment, other peoples' gardens... not bad for £1.99 or three pairs for a fiver.

[Eyren]

Despite hving soft hands i dislike gloves in general, however my new plot is sandy so if I weed with bare hands i wind up wth REALLY dry skin

Same here, except my soil is clayey loam - it seems to suck the moisture out of my skin like a vampire! Thank goodness for Body Shop hemp hand cream

I use suede gloves for digging and anything thorny, but prefer bare hands for weeding. I really need to get some cotton gloves for summer, though - I plan on popping by the lottie on my way to work to do a bit of weeding, and though our dress code is pretty lax, I'd rather not turn up with mud under my nails!

[bluemoon]

I don't wear gardening gloves as a rule, but there are winter days on my exposed lottie when I'd really like a pair that are tough, waterproof, washable and warm. Every pair I've ever tried falls down on at least one of these criteria, so I usually end up wearing an old pair of winter woolly gloves, taking them off if they're likely to get wet or muddy, putting them back on if I'm using a tool. Most of the time they end up in my pocket and I just go and make a brew every time my hands grow numb. It means I spend three months of the year in a shed waiting for the kettle to boil, but it's better than the hassle of putting gloves on and off.

[Flummery]

No gloves - just a big mucky woman!

[areia]

i prefere none but after shifting a ton of sand and claysoil the over week my hands turned into sandpaper so after heavy moisterising (?) i went into my local instore (poundshop) and got some latexed and cotton ones they work with the thornt stuff ive moved from the compost bin, dont bother wearing gloves when im potting up though

[kentvegplot]

Have some very fetching pink fake leather gloves which I wear for the bigger jobs like moving rocks, large lumps of wood, and serious digging. Used to wear the latex but given up. Have to find 'extra small' for a reasonable fit.

Prefer to hand weed in bare hands- easier to pick out the little seedlings I find.

For very cold weather, wear fingerless mittens under the gloves - but there again, I seem to be in fingerless mitts for most of the winter anyway!