gloves

13 years ago

As cottage gardeners we need gloves that are thin enough to use for planting and other up-close tasks, but tough enough to last. I keep getting holes in the fingers. Anyone have a favorite long-lasting glove to recommend?

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joepyeweed
13 years ago
My favorite gloves got eaten by mice over the winter. They were leather, with a soft thin leather on the underside (the palm side) and then a thicker material on the back. I don't recall the brand. I bought a new pair of leather ones, and this year I will store them in the house over the winter.
trancegemini_wa
13 years ago
I bought some waterproof gardening gloves a few years ago and I like them for certain things like planting out. they're just a thick rubber glove but they are good for winter or jobs where they will get wet. other times I just use leather gloves but they are a bit cumbersome for things like planting out.
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I also have had as many a 6 or 7 perfectly good left hand gloves and no right ones. I've tried wearing a left on the right but that doesn't work so well. One solution might be finger tip exam 'glove' (I don't really need to explain that, do I?) . The real solution is to stop using our hands as tools especially the index finger. (Note Ken who's always suggesting sticking a finger in soil) Even with advancing arthritis in my right hand, I'm unable to do that. I do use tools more than I used to, but how else is one going to tease roots or clumps of perennials apart? You might start with a knife or shovel but in the end the fingers do the work. That' s not completely true. . I saw a garden show with Monty what's his name about a woman who had vestigial arms and hands because of thalidomide exposure in utero. She did everything she needed to do with adaptive tools, great patience,grace and imagination. I'm sure there were more human helpers in the background than we saw in the film.But those must garden, will.
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I had a bulk package from Costco that I hadn't gone through yet so hadn't been looking. I hand wash my cookware. I'm not out, but find it may make little difference with as many times a day as I've washed my hands in the last year. They are dry, am keeping nails short and unpolished ;0) I've got a big supply of the nitrile and have been slipping on a pair when cleaning bathrooms, floors, pretreating masks before the washing machine (that darned lip gloss)....but otherwise have kind of given up on protecting my hands for now. It's not like I'm shaking hands with strangers who would recoil at a hand not baby smooth and soft ;0) ETA Good Grief. This post was 6 months old? I didn't notice.
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habitat_gardener
13 years ago
The best gloves come in sizes, because one size does not fit all.

The ones I use most are nitrile-coated and cost about $4-7 a pair. They're thin enough to plant seeds, but I usually end up planting brassicas without gloves. I have several pairs I bought at a garden fair a few years ago, and have worn out only one so far. Last year Burpee had a $2 knockoff version of these at a local bigbox, but I haven't seen them this year. The joe gardener co., which reviews garden gear and gadgets and produces a list of the 10 best each year ("best of the must-haves") recommended Atlas Nitrile Touch gloves this year.

I use a thicker version for working in the compost.

My other favorite garden gloves were pricier, about $16 a few years ago, and are made by West County Gardener. They're comfortable, fully washable, all synthetic, and sturdy. But they're so good looking that I don't reach for them first when I'm going to be playing in the mud!
david52 Zone 6
13 years ago
If it's just a small hole, duct tape. Even big holes. And if you use one hand far more than the other, you can turn inside out the non-used one, and put it on the busy hand.

Dave, who goes through a lot of right-hand gloves and very few left hand ones.
heimert
13 years ago
Something's going to wear out first. With gloves, it's the fingers if you dig by hand in soil. Just buy a new pair.

Oh, and learn to scrape with your left hand as well.
sylviatexas1
13 years ago
I like Mud Gloves & Mud Glove types, & for jobs that require more dexterity, I use a similar glove from Dollar General store;
it's almost the same glove, but made from finer/thinner materials.

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