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Talkback: Gardening gloves

Gardeners' World Web UserGardeners' World Web User Posts: 17,147
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I wear gloves while gardening depending on what I'm doing, for two main reasons: My wee girl has a habit of interrupting me regularly asking for a drink or help with something, and it's easier and quicker to slip off a muddy glove rather than wash
my hands every ten minutes. Also, as I suffer from hayfever and always having to stop to sneeze or blow my nose, a clean hand underneath the glove means I don't get mud smudges all over my nose. I did get a funny look one time the postie turned up at the door with a parcel.


Keeping my hands warm - if my hands (or feet) are cold then my whole body feels cold and I'm more likely to give up and go indoors sooner. I buy the cheap packs of gloves cos I go through them quite quickly, and they can have a spin in the washing machine without any bother.

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  • Gardeners' World Web UserGardeners' World Web User Posts: 17,147
    I garden for my living and wear gloves all the time. I find the Showa range very acceptable, cheap, adequate finger movement for picking out weeds, and washable. I used to use the 'green' but now find the 'black' more hard wearing. They also do a 'blue' thermal glove.


    Yes, Berberis will puncture if you grab the stem, compared with leather, but leather of any substance is too thick to work comfortably.

  • Gardeners' World Web UserGardeners' World Web User Posts: 17,147
    A horribly non pc thought, but I have often wondered if there is a charity for one-handed gardeners that I could donate my vast collection of single gloves to...
  • Gardeners' World Web UserGardeners' World Web User Posts: 17,147
    I get fed up with this view that you are not a real gardener if you wear gloves. When I am not gardening I like my hands and fingernails to look nice so to help this I wear a variety of different gloves depending on the job I'm doing. If I'm weeding I wear a fairly fine pair (can't remember the make), when the soil is wet and a bit muddy then a stronger pair with waterproof palms and if I'm pruning something like berberis then a good strong pair.I say we should dispel this myth and accept that some gardeners care about their hands as well as their plants.
  • Gardeners' World Web UserGardeners' World Web User Posts: 17,147
    My best gloves are from Texas! But they are Carhartt, which I would hope would be replaceable in Europe. VERY VERY tough though.
  • Gardeners' World Web UserGardeners' World Web User Posts: 17,147
    i find surgical gloves very easy to use & re-use. my hands don't seem to get too cold in them either
  • Gardeners' World Web UserGardeners' World Web User Posts: 17,147
    I have to wear gloves when gardening because I am allergic to the soil, it makes me itch!! I do however usually only wear marigolds(pink if you please) because they are thin enough to still feel what you doing.
  • Gardeners' World Web UserGardeners' World Web User Posts: 17,147
    Handling soil makes my skin dry and cracked. Most of the year I use light engineering gloves - thin knitted nylon with nitrile coated fingers & palms, made by Marigold & bought on Internet. They're great for everything except very cold weather. Still looking for something both warm and flexible! Don't get on with the big, chunky fingers of most leather ones.
  • Gardeners' World Web UserGardeners' World Web User Posts: 17,147
    I wear a variety of gloves when I'm working as inevitably when I don't I'll pull some weeds and brush against nettles or a hidden thorny thing, a whole day of throbbing hands is not fun. I volunteer at Mount Stewart as well and was issued with some reasonably heavy duty gloves on my first day. I usually keep several pairs of gloves in the car to change throughout the day as wet gloves are not fun either, I can dry them out a bit with the car heater when driving. Have discovered wearing vinyl surgical gloves under normal gloves is ok for a while too. I would like a really good pair of heavy duty gauntlets in a small size that don't have a flowery linen cuff, the same goes for trousers in a size 8 please.
  • Gardeners' World Web UserGardeners' World Web User Posts: 17,147
    I also wear gloves when gardening simply because there is a lot of cats in our area that use our garden!!! there is nothing worse than when weeding or digging grabbing a handful of cat poo, yuk!
  • Gardeners' World Web UserGardeners' World Web User Posts: 17,147
    Like many other senior citizens I have to take Warfarin as a 'blood thinner' without my gardening gloves my hands would not survive the many cuts and scratches associated with some gardening jobs (pruning/etc.)
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