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Garden Gate:  Barehand gardeners?  |
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graciegreeneyes
True Blue Farmgirl
3107 Posts
Amy Grace
Rosalia
WA
USA
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 Posted - Apr 11 2010 : 8:43:59 PM
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I own several pairs of garden gloves, some that were lovely gifts, but every time I go out to weed, at some point in the process I end up shedding my gloves so I can feel the dirt better. I end up looking like an urchin all year because my hands never get all the dirt out of them - I try to think of it as a farmgirl accessory:) Today was a good day because I got my hands dirty!
Does anybody else garden barehanded?
Amy Grace
Farmgirl #224
"use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without"
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natesgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
1735 Posts
angela
martinsville
indiana
USA
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Posted - Apr 11 2010 : 9:04:57 PM
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My husband has actually had guys on the fire dept point at my hands and tell him he had a good woman. When he asked what they meant, they said I carried the signs of a hard worker. I wear my dirt as a badge of honor!
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clothedinscarlet
True Blue Farmgirl
1333 Posts
Siobhan
Battle Creek
MI
USA
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Posted - Apr 11 2010 : 9:12:59 PM
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This will be the first year in a while that I will actually be able to go barehanded safely. Last two gardens I've had, I was preggo and we had stray cats around our house who would use my freshly tilled garden as a litterbox before I could plant, so I always had to be extra careful when working in the soil. But this year, we're in a new catless place and I am not preggo, so there's nothing to worry about. I love to get my hands dirty!!!
Farmgirl Sister #1110
Siobhan - AKA Liza-Jane (my farmgirl name), wife to my best friend, Trent, and mommy to Camden (11/28/05) and Bennett (7/11/07). and Truman (7/28/09) |
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
11303 Posts
kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
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Posted - Apr 12 2010 : 04:47:42 AM
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Amy Grace, me too. I like to start with the gloves like for weeding if I know I'll get really dirty. Then before too long they are off. I like to plant barehanded. I just can't feel stuff with gloves on. I wish I had some on the other day when I was moving some pine branches though. Sap all over.
Kris
Happiness is simple. |
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Annika
True Blue Farmgirl
5602 Posts
Annika
USA
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22944 Posts
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msdoolittle
True Blue Farmgirl
1160 Posts
Amanda
East Texas
USA
1160 Posts |
Posted - Apr 12 2010 : 07:25:11 AM
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I always end up losing my gloves, so....Lol. I have some nitrile coated ones this year that I LOOOOOVE. Of course, they are MIA right now though! :0)
Adventures in Homesteading!
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FebruaryViolet
True Blue Farmgirl
4810 Posts
Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
4810 Posts |
Posted - Apr 12 2010 : 07:27:05 AM
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My hands are very small, so I have trouble finding gloves to fit. Even "smalls" are too large in the finger length, so it's moot. I do wear them for pruning these two rose bushes I have, though...they are the THORNIEST bushes ever, moreso than any other roses I have.
And, I really don't have nails that I care about (I trim them close) so I just dig in with bare hands.
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Faransgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
895 Posts
Beth
Houston
Texas
USA
895 Posts |
Posted - Apr 12 2010 : 08:03:01 AM
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I have tried gloves but I always end up loosing them.
Farmgirl Sister 572
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
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Posted - Apr 12 2010 : 09:48:36 AM
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I rareley wear gloves. I always have some...somewhere. I am likely to use them for heavy duty weed pulling (like in August..haha) or using a post hole digger or other big tool but thats aboutit..My hands always look awful..but I have learned to accept that.
Jenny in Utah
Proud Farmgirl sister #24
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
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Karrieann
True Blue Farmgirl
1900 Posts
Karrieann
Northeast
Georgia
USA
1900 Posts |
Posted - Apr 12 2010 : 09:57:46 AM
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... a delightful tip for keeping under your nails cleaner! scrape your finger nails across some soap. leave the soap under the nails and when its time to clean up.. wash away the soap, cleaner nails!
Karrieann ~ Farmgirl Sister #766 (29 Sept 2009)
My Blog: ...following my heart, dreams and Jesus
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graciegreeneyes
True Blue Farmgirl
3107 Posts
Amy Grace
Rosalia
WA
USA
3107 Posts |
Posted - Apr 12 2010 : 11:34:09 AM
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Karrieann - I am going to try that right this second, I'm going out to weed as it has not yet started delivering the rain that was called for. I do wear gloves for the heavy duty stuff too, like pruning roses, but the rest of the time.....Oh well, I never expected I would be a hand model:)
Farmgirl #224
"use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without"
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Cindy Lou
True Blue Farmgirl
2325 Posts
Susan
Lonsdale
MN
USA
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Posted - Apr 12 2010 : 1:18:19 PM
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I think it is something sensual about the feel of the dirt on our hands. I usually have gloves with me in the garden for the occasional thistle, but I agree that you can't get a grip on little weeds, or safely handle delicate plants to set out. Gardening with gloves is a little like taking a shower with a raincoat!
"Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?"
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texdane
Farmgirl Legend Chapter Leader Chapter Guru
4658 Posts
Nicole
Sandy Hook
CT
USA
4658 Posts |
Posted - Apr 12 2010 : 6:25:37 PM
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My husband fussed at me goodnaturedly yesterday for doing the exact same thing. I was only going to pull one weed, but then... before you know it, I'm weeding away. I say, a little dirt never hurt anyone! :)
Nicole
Farmgirl Sister #1155
KNITTER, JAM-MAKER AND MOM EXTRAORDINAIRE |
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graciegreeneyes
True Blue Farmgirl
3107 Posts
Amy Grace
Rosalia
WA
USA
3107 Posts |
Posted - Apr 12 2010 : 7:22:52 PM
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Karrieann - the soap trick worked great - thank you!!
Amy Grace
Farmgirl #224
"use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without"
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ceejay48
Farmgirl Legend/Schoolmarm/Sharpshooter
13982 Posts
CeeJay (CJ)
Dolores
Colorado
USA
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Posted - Apr 14 2010 : 9:41:23 PM
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Yup . . me too!! I do wear gloves when I'm cleaning all the old stuff out of my flower beds because it's dry and sticker-y.
But when I plant or work in my vegetable garden it's barehanded . . .feel the dirt, push it around the seeds/plants. I weed barehanded too, especially when the weeds are very small . . .can't get a grip on them otherwise and I don't want to get the plants too.
Like to feel it!!! I garden barefoot as well . . . oh my!!! Have to do a foot soak frequently with my foot brush, to get then clean so I can be presentable. But a foot soak sure feels good!!!!
CJ
..from the barefoot farmgirl in SW Colorado...sister chick #665
From my Heart - www.fromacelticheart.blogspot.com
From my Hands - www.cjscreations-ceejay.blogspot.com
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Catherine
True Blue Farmgirl
166 Posts
Catherine Ann
Temple
TX
USA
166 Posts |
Posted - Apr 15 2010 : 05:03:01 AM
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I garden barehanded and barefoot :). I need to feel the soil with both my hands and my feet, I suppose!
http://lovelivingsimply.blogspot.com/
Judge each day not by the harvest you reap but by the seeds you plant. ~Robert Louis Stevenson
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graciegreeneyes
True Blue Farmgirl
3107 Posts
Amy Grace
Rosalia
WA
USA
3107 Posts |
Posted - Apr 15 2010 : 08:25:36 AM
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I might as well garden barefoot - I wear garden clogs and my feet get filthy! My husband just laughs at me in the summer. It is still a little chilly here for taking off the shoes yet, although the forecast is for a beautiful spring day.
Amy Grace
Farmgirl #224
"use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without"
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Karrieann
True Blue Farmgirl
1900 Posts
Karrieann
Northeast
Georgia
USA
1900 Posts |
Posted - Apr 15 2010 : 10:55:23 AM
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... My hubby just shakes his head at me when I go barefooting in the yard. He figured that I should have learned my lesson after stepping on an innocent bee. I feared that I set as a bad example of wearing shoes for my girls while they were growing up.. and it has passed onto my Lil Angels too. It seems we all prefer to bare our soles! heehehehee!
Karrieann ~ Farmgirl Sister #766 (29 Sept 2009)
My Blog: ...following my heart, dreams and Jesus
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Edited by - Karrieann on Apr 15 2010 10:56:02 AM |
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karla
True Blue Farmgirl
1308 Posts
karla
Pella
Iowa
USA
1308 Posts |
Posted - Apr 15 2010 : 11:03:12 AM
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I have always gardened bare handed. I too have hands that gloves don't seem to fit-I even tried kids gloves but they are not a good fit either. I keep my nails trimmed so there isn't tooooo much dirt under them but most times I have a brush that I have to use to get them clean! Nail polish & manicures-NO just give me some dirt for my hands!!!
Philippians 4:13 I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. |
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Mary Ann Newcomer
Farmgirl in Training
44 Posts
Mary Ann
Boise
ID
USA
44 Posts |
Posted - Apr 15 2010 : 11:07:57 AM
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all you barehanded happy garden girls: don't forget your tetanus shot. It is a soil borne disease and can cause major illness. I ripped open a long jagged spot/wound on my knee a couple years ago, stepping over a piece of rusted rebar, which was holding up a sprinkler head, and the doctor was furious when she found out that I, as, a repeat and devoted gardener, I was not up on my tetanus shot. Get one now. Thanks.
Farmgirl w/a city garden, Dirt Diva on the radio. Sister chick #246
www.gardensofthewildwildwestcom |
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graciegreeneyes
True Blue Farmgirl
3107 Posts
Amy Grace
Rosalia
WA
USA
3107 Posts |
Posted - Apr 15 2010 : 11:18:15 AM
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Such a good reminder Mary Ann - that is an easy one to forget. It is every ten years we need it isn't it?
Amy Grace
Farmgirl #224
"use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without"
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Mary Ann Newcomer
Farmgirl in Training
44 Posts
Mary Ann
Boise
ID
USA
44 Posts |
Posted - Apr 16 2010 : 10:39:30 AM
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Yes, please get a new tetanus shot every 10 years.
Farmgirl w/a city garden, Dirt Diva on the radio. Sister chick #246
www.gardensofthewildwildwestcom |
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mrsamy
True Blue Farmgirl
167 Posts
Amy
Milwaukee
WI
USA
167 Posts |
Posted - Apr 16 2010 : 5:09:45 PM
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Thanks for the reminder Mary Ann. Got mine 7 years ago. My best friend gave it to me after I stuck a metal yard decoration into my cheek trying to relocate it. KNEW it was going to happen, but thought, "naw, I'll just loosen it a little, then I'll lean back and really pull"
Needless to say, I was barefoot and dirty pawed as well! I hate shoes! I take 'em off as I walk out of school to head home! I try to wear gloves and Crocs or clogs, but they always end up under the garden swing or the picnic table. Plus, it's easier to run through the sprinkler barefoot!
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Bear5
True Blue Farmgirl
13055 Posts
Louisiana/Texas
USA
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Posted - Apr 16 2010 : 9:16:54 PM
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I'm a glove person. LOL. I don't mind the dirt getting on me, or under my nails, it's the little critters I do not want touching me. LOL.
Marly
"It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth- and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up- that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had." Elisabeth Kurler-Ross |
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nampafarmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
494 Posts
Kim
Nampa
ID
USA
494 Posts |
Posted - Apr 18 2010 : 08:25:50 AM
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I not only barehand garden but barefoot garden as well. I love the feel of the soil in my toes!
Kim
Farmgirl Sister # 302 |
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