I am a gardening quilter also. But, I have learned to wear gloves. I buy the soft stretchy ones that have vinyl coating on the fingers and palms. Leather gloves just get wet and slimey. I also put on a good hand balm before putting on my gloves such as O'Keeffe's Working Hands or Badger Healing Balm. Bag Balm is also good to use.
I have a lot of gloves which I clothes pin to one of the wire struts in my greenhouse so they can dry after use or washing. Picture is attached.
I apologize for the greenhouse mess but it just accumulates stuff during the winter. It is now clean and sanitized for the spring plant starting.
Gloves in greenhouse
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