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Rosemary
True Blue Farmgirl
1825 Posts
Virginia
USA
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 Posted - Aug 13 2008 : 6:10:19 PM
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| This is the first year I've planted beans (pole and bush varieties). I notice that after picking ripe beans, my hands and forearms sting and itch. It's very unpleasant. I have to wash up in the sink right afterward. My husband says he's experienced this too. Have you? What's the workaround? I don't like the idea of wearing gloves and long sleeves outside in August! |
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willowtreecreek
True Blue Farmgirl
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Julie
Russell
AR
USA
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lisamarie508
True Blue Farmgirl
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Lisa
Idaho City
ID
USA
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Posted - Aug 13 2008 : 7:42:37 PM
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I've had that problem with cucumber plants. I wear long sleeves now, anyway. But I have seen people use plain cotton gloves and a half sleeve thing they make from an old pair of knee/tube socks that they cut the toe out of. Slip them on, pick away, slip them off. Maybe that would work for you?
Farmgirl Sister #35
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KYgurlsrbest
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Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
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Posted - Aug 14 2008 : 08:49:21 AM
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I've had the same problem with my pole beans, Rosemary! I thought it was just me, though--my skin is very sensitive. After I come in, I wash well with lavender soap, and dry off with soft towels and that seems to soothe it.
Farmgirl Sister #80, thanks to a very special farmgirl from the Bluegrass..."She was built like a watch, a study in balance ... with a neck and head so refined, like a drawing by DaVinci"...
NY Newsday sportswriter Bill Nack describing filly, Ruffian.
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Rosemary
True Blue Farmgirl
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Virginia
USA
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Posted - Aug 14 2008 : 08:51:19 AM
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Hey, Lisa, that sounds like good idea. I'll give it a try. I wonder why they don't mention this in vegetable gardening books. If it's a common problem, you'd think they would mention it, and offer solutions, or that the seed companies would sell some kind of elbow-high summer-weight gloves for this. Hey, girls! An etsy idea! Do "Foxgloves" one better, and make "Harvest Hands." BTW, if you don't know about Foxgloves, you should. They're really nice. Their Web site is http://www.foxglovesinc.com/ but you can find them in stores, too.
ps: I just went to the Foxgloves site and found out they have elbow-high gloves ("Fogloves Elle")! Unfortunately, they're sold out of all but the black ones. |
Edited by - Rosemary on Aug 14 2008 08:55:33 AM |
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lisamarie508
True Blue Farmgirl
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Lisa
Idaho City
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USA
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Rosemary
True Blue Farmgirl
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Virginia
USA
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Posted - Aug 14 2008 : 2:18:22 PM
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| I was bummed that they're out of all the pretty colored ones. Something for the spring 2009 wish list. I have a couple of pairs of the shorter ones, and have given them as gifts, too. They're really nice. They remind me of the little stretchy cotton gloves I wore to church when I was a little girl, in the ancient of days. |
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Contact dermatitis from picking beans?
