Can’t work in gloves very well .Only ever wear one at a time as I can’t operate secateurs and things with a glove on
Yes I used to have that problem. Now I only ever use the Briers gloves that are water-resistant on the palm & fingers (soft rubber I think). From memory I think they're called 'General Worker' or something like that. Anyway they're very light and fit very well so they don't interfere too much with feeling your way around. The rubber gives great grip on things.
Clay soil - Cheshire/Derbyshire border. I play with plants and soil and sometimes it's successful
If I had to use gloves for detailed work, I think I would use medical "Acrylamide" synthetic rubber. Fortunately, I have no sensitivity problems an am happy to have dirty and rough hands (for a short period).
location: Surrey Hills, England, ex-woodland acidic sand. "Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
I always keep the intact left-hand glove when the right-hand one is in tatters. Just in case the new left-hand glove has a nasty accident or gets lost somewhere.
But it's always the right-hand glove that gets damaged or mislaid.
Such a waste, throwing the left-hand ones away. But that's what I end up doing.
If you are without your right-hand glove and want to get a job done, you could turn the left-hand glove inside out - this works better with thin gloves like Showa gloves, but the inside (now outside) gets dirty! Better than throwing the left-hand gloves away!
@Songbird-2. yes. They're the ones. They are very soft. I can feel a lot through them. Obviously, they're no good for sharp thorns. I use them for prickly thingd like young rose stems or thin brambles or stingy things and slug picking, collecting up detritus that might have something wiggly in it, potting on That kind of thing. I use thick leather gloves for really thorny stuff.
Thanks @B3, that's great. Will need to make a trip soon and have a look.
If you are without your right-hand glove and want to get a job done, you could turn the left-hand glove inside out - this works better with thin gloves like Showa gloves, but the inside (now outside) gets dirty! Better than throwing the left-hand gloves away!
I do use the rubbery ones, (Briers) otherwise I'd certainly give that idea a whirl. Thanks @Plantminded
Damn it I'll try anyway, so if you don't hear from me I'll be stuck in a glove somewhere....
Me neither @B3🙂 Was looking at my existing gloves today as I did some gardening work. All the finger tips on my dominant right hand have holes in them🥴 Definitely the right time to get some new ones.
Posts
"Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
Yes I used to have that problem. Now I only ever use the Briers gloves that are water-resistant on the palm & fingers (soft rubber I think). From memory I think they're called 'General Worker' or something like that. Anyway they're very light and fit very well so they don't interfere too much with feeling your way around. The rubber gives great grip on things.
I play with plants and soil and sometimes it's successful
"Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
If you are without your right-hand glove and want to get a job done, you could turn the left-hand glove inside out - this works better with thin gloves like Showa gloves, but the inside (now outside) gets dirty! Better than throwing the left-hand gloves away!
Damn it I'll try anyway, so if you don't hear from me I'll be stuck in a glove somewhere....