RE: gloves

Ouch!  Is this a new type of procedure?  I've never had this done to any of
my checks.  But I'm sure her "check" book felt most of it.

Craig Wallace
craig.wallace@emotors.com
Brighton, Illinois
Zone 5 (old zone)

"I love spring anywhere, but if I could choose, I would always greet it in a
garden." -Ruth Stout


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> From: 	Mclainakag@aol.com[SMTP:Mclainakag@aol.com]
> Reply To: 	perennials@mallorn.com
> Sent: 	Thursday, May 20, 1999 1:32 PM
> To: 	perennials@mallorn.com
> Subject: 	Re: gloves
> 
> Susan -
> 
> I'm really at the tail end of the "gloves" discussion but I just thought
> to 
> mention some information that has recently been given to me.
> 
> A friend of a friend was "playing in the dirt" w/o gloves and she had a
> small 
> cut on the inside of her hand.  She ended up with a terrible infection
> that 
> landed her in the hospital....so bad of an infection that a disease 
> specialist had been called in to give her a special antibiotic thru a 
> cathiter (sp) in her check.  She was diagnosed with a "bacterial fungus"
> that 
> was in the soil.  It has been over a month and she still has to go the 
> hospital for the antibiotic.
> 
> I too am guilty of not always wearing my gloves...seems they are in the
> front 
> yard and I'm working in the back yard.  Last year my mother-n-law
> introduced 
> me to the silicone glove.  It is a lotion that does not wash off but 
> exfoliates.  The product protects your hands from soil fungus' and any 
> fertilizers that you might use.  It can be purchased thru Avon and DynaGro
> 
> carries such a product.    If you are interested DynaGro's phone number 
> 800/Dyna-Gro and the product is called "gloves in a bottle".  It is not
> the 
> most reasonable price, I believe between $8 - $10 dollars a bottle, but it
> 
> does go along way.
> 
> I like the feel of the soil so this has been a solution in the glove
> problem. 
>  Now I just have to remember to apply the lotion.
> 
> Just a little F.Y.I.
> 
> Happy Gardening,
> 
> Kemberly McLain
> Katy, Texas  Zone 9
> 
> P.S.  We might be related.....I too have that "round" shape
> 
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