Re: gloves

>  I can't stand those thin rubber gloves because they make my hands
> sweat.
Yes, I remember when I started working with MGs and someone offered me
disposable latex gloves to use.  They made my hands sweat, too. Gloves have
to have breathability.  A lot of people are allergic to latex, too.

Kitty

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Zemuly Sanders" <zsanders@midsouth.rr.com>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2005 11:38 AM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] gloves


> For normal work I like those really thin knit gloves with rubber on the
> palms and fingers because, like you, I need to feel everything.  I get
mine
> from Walmart for $3 to $4 a pair, so when they get destroyed I just get
> more.  I can't stand those thin rubber gloves because they make my hands
> sweat.  Also, for heavy work I have leather palmed work gloves.
> zem
> zone 7
> West TN
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Libby Valentine" <grdner03@yahoo.com>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2005 10:24 AM
> Subject: [CHAT] gloves
>
>
> > Some while ago, perhaps even as long ago as to have been on the AHS
> > list, we had a brief discussion on gardening gloves (did anyone ever get
> > a pair of goat gloves from Mr. Glover?). Yesterday it was in the upper
> > 60s here (a tantalizing prelude to today, as it is now howling wind and
> > accumulating snow) and while I had time and weather I dug a bunch of
> > pesky Bermuda grass clumps out of the curbside rudbeckia/echinicea bed.
> > Make that dug and pulled. And since my favorite pair of gloves got holed
> > last year and I like to feel what I'm pulling, I ended up doing it
> > barehanded. Did a fair number on my hands, between splinters and scrapes
> > from the cut stalks and usual wear and tear, plus my fingers were
> > cracking anyway from winter dryness.
> >
> >
> > I have Mule work gloves for handling branches and brambles and such, but
> > not for more delicate gardening chores.
> >
> > My question to you all is: do you wear gloves for gardening and if so,
> > what kind? I generally can't wear women's gloves because the fingers
> > aren't long enough, and if I could wear them I'd need women's XL which
> > isn't usually available. My DH thinks I'm nuts not to have worn
> > gloves...
> >
> >
> > Libby
> > Maryland zone 6
> >
> >
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