I too like to garden and feel the soil. I have found that wearing two or sometimes even three pairs of surgical gloves or the tight fitting painters gloves works for me. They are thin enough so you can feel the soil and yet they are flexible so that you can do anything you could do without gloves. There is no bulk. They don't slip off and they are inexpensive. I am right handed so usually put an extra one on my right had. When done just throw away or if no holes turn inside out to dry and then reuse.