Get a Grip on Gardening Gloves

More Reasons For Wearing Gardening Gloves

In a recent post I talked about the importance of wearing gardening gloves as protection against tetanus - a most compelling reason in itself. Just in case that wasn’t persuasive enough, I thought I’d give you a few more good reasons and tell you about my favorite gardening gloves.

PROTECTION

Gardening gloves offer protection against:

• slivers from wood mulch, shovels with wood handles, and other wooden-handled garden tools and implements such as rakes, cultivators and wheelbarrows
• thorns from roses or prickly shrubs such as barberry, hawthorn, firethorn, and some junipers
• dry skin from handling soil ( I find that soil sucks all the moisture out of my hands leaving them very dry and chapped)
• allergic reactions (contact with many coniferous trees and shrubs causes my skin to break out in a hot, itchy rash)

GRIP

Gardening gloves let you get a good grip on:

• rocks and stones (excellent for those of us who can’t leave a stone unturned)
• garden tools

CLEANLINESS

Gardening gloves get filthy, but your hands remain clean when:

• potting plants
• spreading mulch, manure, compost
• cleaning gutters (long rubber gloves are my first choice for this job)
• working in wet or moist garden soil
• weeding the garden

My Favorite Gardening Gloves

The best gloves I’ve found so far are Atlas Gardening Gloves . They are relatively low in price, extremely comfortable and after many wearings and washings they’re still in great shape.

I’ve tried all kinds of different gloves - leather gloves, work gloves, safety gloves. As soon as leather gloves get wet it’s game over. They get slimy first, then once dry they’re stiff as a board. Work gloves provide great protection, but are too bulky for fine work. Safety gloves are always too big (especially in finger length).

The Atlas Gardening Gloves are the only ones I’ve used that offer good protection, are thin and flexible enough to allow me the dexterity needed to tackle projects requiring a delicate touch, and fit my hands and fingers. The fact that they are machine washable is also a big bonus. I have never heard a negative comment about these gloves. Everyone who tries them wants their own.

I give Atlas Gardening Gloves two big green thumbs up!