Gardening without Gloves - without Shoes?
07-19-2011, 05:37 PM
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We have so much poison ivy, and I'm extremely allergic, so I wear long sleeves, long pants, sox over the pants, and gloves. I smear Tex-tu over myself before working in the garden, and wash with it after. And I still get it sometimes - usually a spot on my face where I forget to smear/wash! The best thing for me is to stay completely OUT of the garden - which I've decided to do this year!
I started to itch just typing this!
I started to itch just typing this!
07-20-2011, 01:49 AM
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Originally Posted by CloverPatch
Originally Posted by raedar63
Barefoot,braless and gloveless ;)
07-20-2011, 01:54 AM
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Originally Posted by SueSew
Krystyna, how do you feel about quilting gloves? Toes on the foot pedal?
I go barefoot in the vegetable garden as it is under my control and I have brick paths between the raised beds, which I am not afraid of hopping into barefoot. Except in the artichokes and squash, too prickly. I HATE!! gloves except for outside the fence where there are all kinds of nasty poison ivy and prickers.
My daughter bought me FoxGloves, which are skinny and breathable but keep my hands clean when I want to weed; they are great but not as good as grabbing a root barehanded!
The big deal for me in personal protection for gardening is covering my head arms and legs from the sun, and avoiding the garden at dawn and dusk for the mosquitoes.
I go barefoot in the vegetable garden as it is under my control and I have brick paths between the raised beds, which I am not afraid of hopping into barefoot. Except in the artichokes and squash, too prickly. I HATE!! gloves except for outside the fence where there are all kinds of nasty poison ivy and prickers.
My daughter bought me FoxGloves, which are skinny and breathable but keep my hands clean when I want to weed; they are great but not as good as grabbing a root barehanded!
The big deal for me in personal protection for gardening is covering my head arms and legs from the sun, and avoiding the garden at dawn and dusk for the mosquitoes.
The bugs are awful through most of the day. Those horrid biting no-see-ums ... BUT ... I just read a tip that actually works to keep them off - Vicks Vaporub. No more bites!
Emerald46 - as for clean nails - after I scrub, I dip a Qtip in hydrogen peroxide and they are bubbled clean.
07-20-2011, 04:11 AM
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I used to garden without shoes or gloves. When I moved to Ft. Lauderdale Fla, I continued the practice. I got a skin infection which I call Ft. Lauderdale Crud. I still have it (now in N.C.). I have to keep putting lotion on the hands...if I forget for a week, my hands start to dry, crack and bleed. Won't even talk about my feet....too many years in high heels now I'm in orthodics and "shoe box type of shoes"....Should not have gotten old and fat (ha ha).
Lynn :-(
Lynn :-(
07-20-2011, 05:33 AM
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No gloves for me either. I feel restricted in gloves. Shoes sometimes, depends on what I'm doing in the yard. I sure enjoy being in the yard and working in the flower beds; mostly I enjoy sitting inside and admiring my work.
07-20-2011, 05:47 AM
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Whether I wear my gloves depends on what I'm doing. Since I am a "desk jockey" I don't have the calluses that I want/should have.
As far as shoes, I have lots of overgrown spots, I really don't want to find a snake/rat/rabbit with my bare feet. >.<
PS - I do love the feel of good soil on my hands & mud up between my toes. :)
As far as shoes, I have lots of overgrown spots, I really don't want to find a snake/rat/rabbit with my bare feet. >.<
PS - I do love the feel of good soil on my hands & mud up between my toes. :)
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