RE: Dirty nails -Reply

I ALWAYS wear gloves but not because of hand
vanity.  I have three kitties who often think the new
soft earth is primo kitty litter, but MOSTLY because
nothing is more gross than running into a slug with
your bare hands!!!!  Living in Oregon, we have
leviathan-sized suckers.

>>> "Pesznecker, Sue" <SPesznec@lhs.org>
10/05/98 07:36am >>>
Enjoyed these posts!!

I don't have long nails, but never have-- I simply don'
like them.

I never wear gloves when gardening unless working
in really sloppy mud or
pulling blackberries or nettles.

I picked up one hint that helps a lot:  before I got
out, I pull my
fingernails across a bar of Ivory soap (I suspect any
soap would do),
leaving a layer of soap under each fingernail.  After
gardening, they wash
clean fairly easily.  It works well for me....

Sue P.

SPesznec@lhs.org          Portland, Oregon
(USDA zone 8, Sunset zone 6)

> ----------
> From: 	Myrna Miller
> Sent: 	Monday, October 5, 1998 4:46 AM
> To: 	perennials@mallorn.com
> Subject: 	Re: late e-mail
> 
> Hi, Dee Ann...
>  
> I'm LOL over:
> 
> >I would like a show of hands--how many of you
have beautifully manicured
> >hands--long finger nails ect.   Well how many of
you even polish your
> >nails --mine look just right for Holloween   now all
I need is a black
> >cape and pointed hat and long gray wig.
> 
> My fingernails haven't been polished for about 9
years...since I became a
> serious gardener. During the busiest seasons,
they are so grubby that the
> best way to get them clean is to wash a whole
bunch of dishes! The only
> time I ever wear gloves is for working with really
thorny things like
> roses. Used to be, I'd put on gloves to weed, but
they'd be discarded
> within minutes, so I gave up the pretense. 
> 
> No frost here yet, but it won't be long (maybe
tonight). Weather is wet
> and
> nasty right now. Hoping for a nice "Indian
Summer" for post-frost clean-up
> and bulb-planting.
> 
> Myrna, Zone 3, Montana 
> 
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