Friday, October 10, 2008

Gardening Gloves: Your Hand Protection

By Marci of Mossy Oaks Nursery

Your gardens can provide a lot of enjoyment during the season as your flowers bloom with vibrant color. You can breathe in the sweet smelling flowers in the evening breeze as you are gathering your herbs and vegetables. But while you're doing this, make sure you have your hands protected with a good pair of leather gloves.

A gardener needs a good pair of gardening gloves in their toolkit. If you're new to gardening there are a few things you should know about what type of gloves you need. Here are a few tips.

Your leather gardening gloves should be of good quality so that whatever job you set out to do, the task can be completed with your hands being fully protected. If you get a couple of pairs of the cloth backed leather gloves for general-purpose gardening your hands will be comfortable and cool while they work.

When you prune your roses you stand a chance of tearing up your arms from the thorns of the rose bushes. A good pair of leather gloves with gauntlets will protect your arms from those sharp thorns.

Pesticides are harmful and can absorb through your skin, so make sure that you use a pair of neoprene gloves to keep you healthy, while you're treating your garden for insects and diseases.

Get yourself a pair of rubber gloves with cotton lining for those times when you're working in the mud after a good rain or after you've watered your garden.

In the early spring its cold out, so you need to protect your hands from the cold while planting your seedlings, which can be pretty tender and delicate. Fingerless gloves work well for this type of task.

When buying your gloves no matter which type you buy make sure they fit. A glove that is too small will fit so tightly you can't move them and a glove that is too big will cause the ends of the fingers to bend over. Your fingers won't reach the end of the glove and the extra material will make you very clumsy. Gloves are a gardeners companion that can protect your hands from mud, dirt, blisters, and the cold.

Check out the gardening advice at Mossy Oaks Nursery. - 15266

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