Guest Virginia Dawn Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 Or do you like to get your hands in the dirt? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 I only wear gloves when I am dealing with something prickly. Laura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaT Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 I don't like to wear gloves, because I like the "feel" of the dirt. When I don't wear them, it takes me FOREVER to get my nails presentable. So, I wear them even though I would rather not. If I use the hoe without gloves, I get blisters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 Sometimes. :D I try. Really. I do. But the gloves come off and go into my back pocket...then my hands get dirty and I can't put them back into the gloves like that, can I? So, yes. I do. And I have dirt under my nails at the end of the day anyway. I use cheap garden gloves from the dollar store. I also have a pair of 'mud' gloves...latex coated ones for planting. Those I really like. One thing to remember....gardeners, even ones who use gloves, need to be up to date on their tetnaus shots. That bacteria (virus?) lives in soil and can infect a gardener through an open cut on the skin. Mine's out of date and I have scratches on my hands from some garden chore. :001_huh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peek a Boo Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 I only wear gloves when I am dealing with something prickly. me too. i don't "garden" but when we're working outside, yeah, i like to get my hands in the dirt ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rachel in KY Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 No gloves. The dirtier, the better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jail warden Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 I am able to work so much quicker without them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RebeccaS Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 I, too, only wear them when necessary (eg for something prickly). I feel to encumbered when I wear gloves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tap Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 I wear gloves, otherwise I tend to get skin infections from small scratches. I am especially prone to cellulitis, and get it every time my roses scratch me...don't know why.:confused: I also work in pharmacy and having dried out, scratched up hands, with dirty fingernails...just doesn't look good when I handle people's medications all day. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chai Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 I prefer to work without gloves but, at our new home, we have lots of snakes! The thought of reaching in and touching a snake freaks me out, so I wear gloves more often now. If I know the area is snake-free, I take them off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 me too. i don't "garden" but when we're working outside, yeah, i like to get my hands in the dirt ;) We aren't allowed to agree on anything! Laura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle T Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 I have very thin, fitted gloves. They keep the dirt out from under my nails, and keep me from getting infected cuts. We also have tons of black widow spiders behind every pot and plant in our yard, so I'm hesitant to just stick my hands back there. My avatar is a picture of our yard. Michelle T Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katiebug_1976 Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 I love the feel of the dirt! I only use gloves when dealing with rose bushes or hauling wood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
songbirdie Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 I use gloves when using a shovel or rake, but not for the rest of it. If you ever use potting-soil or garden soil that has enhancers like Miracle-gro or other generic enhanced soils, I would highly recommend gloves. They have chemicals that are absorbed through your skin. I also use gloves when I have to put my hand in areas covered with leaves, mulch, or rocks/stepping stones because we have black widows, brown widows, and brown recluse spiders where we live. I'd much rather have a poisonous spider bite my glove than my hand!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickenpatty Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 I've tried, but can't get over the fear that a spider might be hiding in them when I go to put them on. How rational is that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tammyla Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 :lol: I pop ours into the washer all the time to keep them fresh and spider free.:lol: I wear them I don't wear them. I've tried, but can't get over the fear that a spider might be hiding in them when I go to put them on. How rational is that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Governess Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 I wear them only if there's something prickly I need to touch or if I'm sticking my hand somewhere there might be yucky bugs. And thanks for the reminder! I really need to get my garden planted!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomsintheGarden Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 The thin Atlas gloves are wonderful: http://www.gardeners.com/Nitrile-Gardening-Gloves/Footwear_Gloves,35-675,default,cp.html You can get them from lots of gardening catalogs. I wear gloves for most things. GardenMom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peek a Boo Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 We aren't allowed to agree on anything! Laura well then, YOU better change your post ;) :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abreakfromlife Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 I wear gloves all the time. The grubs and bugs gross me out big time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Country Mouse Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 Ever since I pulled a weed that turned out to be a stinging nettle - my hand burned for a good 24 hours - I have worn gloves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny in Atl Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 90% w/o gloves. The other 10% when I have to deal with the roses and the wild berries. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GailV Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 We also have tons of black widow spiders behind every pot and plant in our yard, so I'm hesitant to just stick my hands back there. I've tried, but can't get over the fear that a spider might be hiding in them when I go to put them on. How rational is that? For me, fear of spiders in the glove trumps fear of the spider behind the pot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mekanamom Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 Ever since I pulled a weed that turned out to be a stinging nettle - my hand burned for a good 24 hours - I have worn gloves. LOL, that is exactly what happened to me. Gloves are my friends now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardening momma Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 I wear gloves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrianne Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 Or do you like to get your hands in the dirt? I like to get my hands dirty. I only wear gloves when dealing with stickers, poison ivy, or shoveling natural fertilizer.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elise1mds Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 I don't usually wear gloves, even if it means blisters... I've got one on my thumb right now, actually. I like the idea of those thin gloves, though, because my main beef with not wearing them is that I do have a lovely case of arachnophobia and also wild blackberry bushes out in the pasture, and I'd rather not deal with the pain and hassle of either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosie_0801 Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 I used to love playing in the dirt, but I seem to have become wussy about ickiness in my old age. Gloves for me! :) Rosie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCMom Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 Large populations of black widows = gloves unless I am working with delicate seedlings or something that I need to really feel. Georgia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ria Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 I don't like to wear gloves, because I like the "feel" of the dirt. When I don't wear them, it takes me FOREVER to get my nails presentable. So, I wear them even though I would rather not. If I use the hoe without gloves, I get blisters. Ditto. I keep my fingernails short, but getting the dirt out from under them, and getting the dirt stains off my hands....ugh. Ria Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcconnellboys Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 I really do like to get my hands in the dirt, but I have eczema/psoriasis problems and am getting to the point where they just shred if I'm in the dirt for even 5 minutes, so I have to go gloved now..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jen in PA Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 I never used to, since I love the feel of the dirt.... However, I spend a lot of my "gardening time" jumping up and down to assist children with things, so I have taken to wearing gloves to simplify my life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gillian on Orcas Island Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 In my vegetable garden, I prefer not to wear gloves. Elsewhere in the yard, I usually wear them, because we have nettles and really lethal little wild blackberry vines everywhere. Nettles stings don't bother me as much as they used to but I still get welts! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HappyGrace Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 I can't stand the dirt under the nails anymore! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peela Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 I am such a whimsical and spontaneous gardener, gloves are the last thing I am thinking about when I actually get in there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vida Winter Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 You bet I wear gloves. My hands are a wreck. I don't have most of my fingerprints. Most nights lately I've had to wear cotton gloves with lotion on my hands overnight. Combination hard work and dry skin = bad. When the snow finally stops and I can get outside, I will be wearing the best gloves I can get, probably with surgical gloves underneath them and lotion on my hands. I don't stop working - I just layer it on. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 well then, YOU better change your post ;) :lol: Laura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momofkhm Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 I don't like the dirt stuck under my nails for days on end. Of course I hardly ever garden so every time I do, I have to go buy new gloves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peek a Boo Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 No: it's your world view and post that has to change! not a chance girlie! :boxing_smiley: :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mama2girls Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 I try to remember to wear them but usually forget.:001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BikeBookBread Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 Should but don't. Horrible eczema here in Almost Mexico. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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