I mentioned on a comment yesterday to Linda (Local Alien) how my finger nails felt like they were dropping off when I was picking vegetable leaves to feed the rabbits.
Then I remembered this gloves tip I was shown when I worked once picking up wood and rubbish on a derelict hotel site here in West Cork.
Get yourself a pair of surgical/ disposable gloves and put your hands in them:
Then put your work gloves on over them:
This morning I remembered my gloves and my hands were warm as toast picking the rabbits their breakfast.
Two layers gardening!
Surgical gloves should only be worn by surgeons. I imagine your hands started trembling after too many bottles of Newcastle Brown Ale Dave - so you had to give up and retire to West Cork. Were you a brain surgeon?
ReplyDeleteNothing so grand YP. Gardener, labourer, Greenkeeper, writer, hiker, prog rock and real ales enthusiast. Wish I could get some Newky Brown down here.
ReplyDeleteDouble insulated...clever.
ReplyDeleteI wear two pairs of socks when out and about in this weather. Toasty toes!
Thanks JayCee. Since my camping and Prog rock festivals and literary tour in Ingerland I have been known to go to bed with my jumper still on. It certainly saves on central heating. Not that we have ordered any heating oil yet. Batten down the hatches tonight Storm Bert is on the way!
ReplyDeleteGood idea. Those rabbits are waiting.
ReplyDeleteI've got these trendy fingerless gloves for the winter. Absolutely useless. Your hands are warm and your fingers go white. I partially undid one pair and reknitted the ends and turned them into Mittens. But I don't like Mittens either though they're warm. I wear them sometimes, if it ever gets that cold here, when I'm walking.
Your double gloves are inspired.
I always wear an hat and I always wear gloves on the smallholding or in the garden Linda. You never where there's been a rat and they protect against cuts and scratches. Hats are important when walking because you lose heat through your head. Also if I am gardening and a branch catches my head it will take my hat off instead of injuring me. I buy big bags of work gloves at car boot sales. Knitted gloves would make great Christmas presents. I must find my gloves for when I am walking.
ReplyDeleteI wear disposable gloves for mucky jobs. Double gloves sound good.
ReplyDeleteDouble gloves definitely work. There's nothing worse than wearing saturated and freezing cold work gloves all day Jabblog.
ReplyDeleteI use B&Q site brand gloves, not fully waterproof but better than most, I have an allergy latex, so I can't wear most waterproof gloves. I have 3 pairs of gloves on the go, so when one pair is wet, I change them.
ReplyDeleteI often have a few pairs of work gloves on the go or in the washing machine or drying Marlene. It's worse when you are working for someone and only have the one pair of wet and freezing cold gloves. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteGood thinking. I should wear work gloves my hands are a mess and the skin keeps wanting to split!🤨
ReplyDeleteYes TM. You never know what you are touching especially when you are working outside. Rats and mice are everywhere and it's better to get a thorn in your glove than your fingers. I would recommend welders gauntlets when handling Gorse.
ReplyDeleteI wear soft cotton gloves for working in, they cost me £5 for 30 gloves and was up well, I migbt try them with the disposable also, but the cooton ones inside. Thanks for the tip.
ReplyDeleteKathy
A great idea.
ReplyDeleteThanks Jules. Warm hands make us happy.
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