maybe you work too hard in said month???? ... lol ..

do you use the same gloves for every job??? ....

perhaps you need different pairs for different jobs ...

ken

Try Atlas Garden Grip Latex Gloves on Amazon. I have a couple pairs. Pretty sturdy.

I second the recommendation for the Atlas gloves! I have both heavy duty ones (good for colder weather) and several pairs of the lightweight. They are sold by most nurseries and garden centers in my area.

I've been happy for years with the nitrile gloves sold by Gardeners Supply.

I have tried these nitrile and latex gloves. The fingertips do not hold up to digging in dirt. Any others?

I agree with you - have the same problem - the fingertips always wear through - would love to hear if you discover a better solution

I second the recommendation for the Atlas gloves!

'gg' and others gave me this recommendation earlier this year

https://www.houzz.com/discussions/5956170/garden-gloves-any-glowing-recommendations

And in the time that I have used them I am completely satisfied...A two gloved thumbs up.

I have the "mud gloves" for digging/planting, I've found they last years. They're kind of clunky, though, so for more delicate work like planting annuals or vegetable starts, I use disposable nitrile gloves - I only go through one or two pair of these a season, so there's not too much guilt about using disposable stuff. I also use these in the kitchen for jobs like peeling beets or making hamburger mix, but I wash them (handwashing style) and re-use them, they last quite a while in the kitchen.

Anyway, for chores like deadheading or trimming or general putzing around, I like el-cheapo cotton or knit gloves, they're comfortable and breathable, I just buy a new pair when they wear out over the course of a couple-few months.

Please tell me what “mud gloves” are!

Mud Gloves -- Original

Mud Gloves are a brand name. Rather similar to Atlas IMO, and especially as durability is concerned. But more expensive as they are made from bamboo or manufactured with things like aloe vera or vitamin E impregnated in the fabric. Like the Atlas, they come in various weights and flexibilities.

While we're on the subject of gloves, anyone have any recs for good heated gloves? I usually have to double glove when the temps dip and a lot of the time even that isn't enough, my fingers still get numb. Heated gloves sure would be nice.

mxk, is there such a thing?? Wish I had known it all those years my kids played hockey lol...

:)
Dee

Heated gloves

Those heated gloves look really good. I usually have to double glove and plus I don't put my fingers in the finger parts. It's the only way my fingers don't freeze.

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.