Re: To glove or not to glove
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: To glove or not to glove
- From: M* L*
- Date: Tue, 06 Oct 1998 13:33:06 -0600
At 11:46 AM 10/5/98 -0400, you wrote:
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>Betty Moorman@ZEON
>10/05/98 11:46 AM
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>If I need to weed in an area where there is ground cover and I can't always
>see exactly what I'm putting my hand on, I wear latex examining gloves.
>They're form-fitting and so one can get a good grasp on whatever one wants
>to pull up, as opposed to wearing gardening gloves which are always too
>loose-fitting for me for this kind of work. There is the added benefit of
>protecting one's hands from the occasional sprout of poison ivy which may
>be lurking down amongst the ground cover. Of course, the down side is they
>may need to be changed frequently if it's at all hot because my hands get
>really sweaty with the examining gloves on.
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I use the examining gloves to pick hot chiles, but really like the Wells
Lamont soft leather gloves for the rest of gardening. There are numerous
times when I do thrust my hands into soil, so my hands are rough and
crude, but I do use gloves for handling tools and weeding until I get to
one weed immediately adjacent to a plant, then it's back to barehanded.
Margaret
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