Healthy Hands Are The Gardener's Best Tools
By Nicky Pilkington, Tue Jan 10th
Here are the major reasons why one should consider getting apair of trusty gardening gloves:
Gloves protect your hands from blisters, thorns and cuts whiledoing rough work like digging or pruning in the garden.Investing in one or more pairs of quality gloves is a gooddecision.
Here are some tips on how to choose the pair that will suit youbest: 1. Look for quality leather gloves with a cloth back; thiswill let the gloves breathe and keep your hands dry, cool andcomfortable.
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2. If mud bothers you, select rubber gloves with cotton lining.
3. When spraying pesticides or chemicals choose gloves that aremade from neoprene. Gloves made from latex or any type ofplastic may not offer the best protection.
4. When pruning roses, use gloves that reach up to the arms.
5. If you usually operate large garden machinery, buy gloves inbrown instead of red as the latter may dye your hands.
6. Light cotton or even fingerless gloves may be useful fortransplanting seedlings. They will allow more dexterity and sohelp to prevent the tiny roots from being crushed.
7. And of course, make sure that the gloves you buy actually fityour hands. If you have small hands, try the children'sgardening section. there's nothing worse than trying to gardenis gloves that are too big.
Your gloves must be comfortable as well as give protection tobest serve your gardening needs.
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