Gardening without Gloves - without Shoes?
#22
Always wear gloves & shoes! I have 2 neighbors that got bit by poisonous spiders while gardening. One on the foot under the toe area & was wearing Crocs and another on the finger.Not good for either. That taught me, not that I like it mind you. lol
#23
Flip flops & gloves. Never used to wear gloves until a friendly bird planted poison ivy but forgot to tell me. Got the expected skin reaction and than some. I ended up with cellulitis. Not a happy camper.
#28
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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.
#29
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Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Perth, Western Australia
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Have to wear gloves these days...always use shoes or wellington boots. Our land is stony and sloping, also we have snakes, red-back spiders, centipedes, scorpions all manner of biting creatures. Can't go out in the sun anymore, so no more gardening in my bathers in summer....big hat, huge sunglasses and sleeves.
#30
Originally Posted by quiltsRfun
Both shoes and gloves for me. I can't stand to go without.
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