We love Exemplary Gardens goatskin gloves for prickly work - very resilient, comfortable and never go stiff and hard.
We use Showa for weeding but like others end up with a pile of left- hand gloves 🙄
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My all time best fine work gloves are a pair I got in Lidl for under a fiver. They are made of very thin soft leather , knitted on top and have a wide cuff with a Velcro fastener.
For the rufty tufty stuff I always used rigger gloves - last for ages. For 'normal' gardening close fitting leather gloves do the trick plus some rubbery ones if it is wet!
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Thank you very much for taking the time to respond to my question about the best gardening gloves, it is much appreciated. I will spend the next few days researching your suggestions and no doubt a few purchases will follow.
I use Wickes gardening gloves. £4.99 and they're brilliant plus you can wash them. Not sure how they'd fair with lots of sharp thorns, but they are pretty tough. I've been pleasantly surprised.
I can't get on with rigger gloves. I find them too stiff and can't feel what I'm holding. I suppose I could use a rigger on the right hand (I'm left handed) and a more flexible on the left. Then I'd end up with the situation many had mentioned here - loads of 'wrong hand' gloves in perfect condition.
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We use Showa for weeding but like others end up with a pile of left- hand gloves 🙄
East facing, top of a hill clay-loam, cultivated for centuries (7 years by me). Birmingham
Hello All,
Thank you very much for taking the time to respond to my question about the best gardening gloves, it is much appreciated. I will spend the next few days researching your suggestions and no doubt a few purchases will follow.
Thank you again
Keep safe, keep calm and carry on gardening
The Sustainable Gardener