How do you take care of your garden hands? - Page 2

**nctomatoman** · May 21, 2008

No gloves here....stained hands pretty much the entire growing season.

Worth1 · May 21, 2008

We have to wear gloves at work or we can get wrote up.

I dont wear gloves at home in the garden because it makes the tomateos taste better.

Worth

bryanccfshr · May 22, 2008

It's all fun and games enjoying the dirt under the ole fingernails until you put your hand on that red paper wasp hiding in your borage plant you are thinning out..

I still have a mark from 3 weeks ago.
The good news.. I controlled myself and did not kill the wasp reflexivlybut rather opened my hand up so the scared little gal could escape to safety(As soon as she extracted her fire dagger out of my right index finger) Ouch ouch! lots of bad words for the neighbors to hear! So Now I think I will be wearing gloves when sticking my hands where I can't see them. http://insects.tamu.edu/fieldguide/cimg348.html

amideutch · May 23, 2008

I ordered some of this for my hands. I'll report later how it works. I'm one of those who has to get his hands dirty when he works in the garden. Ami

http://www.plowhearth.com/product.as...ex=&pcode=1375

tomatoguy · May 23, 2008

If my garden hands do a really good job, I take them to Baskin-Robbins when they are done.

mater

happyscientist · May 23, 2008

I have started doing a scrub of epsom salts and olive oil. My skin is incredibly soft afterward, and it is much cheaper than the commercial scrubs. A good bristle nail brush cleans up anything the salts don't get off.

Tormato · May 24, 2008

tomatoguy,

Nice pics.

Have your tomato hands ever picked strawberries?

And, if so, is there then any room for Baskin-Robbins?

Tormato

May 21, 2008	#16
nctomatoman Tomatoville® Moderator Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Hendersonville, NC zone 7 Posts: 10,385	No gloves here....stained hands pretty much the entire growing season. __________________ Craig

May 23, 2008	#19
amideutch Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Germany 49°26"N 07°36"E Posts: 5,041	I ordered some of this for my hands. I'll report later how it works. I'm one of those who has to get his hands dirty when he works in the garden. Ami http://www.plowhearth.com/product.as...ex=&pcode=1375 __________________ Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting ‘...Holy Crap .....What a ride!'

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May 21, 2008	#17
Worth1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Den of Drunken Fools Posts: 38,539	We have to wear gloves at work or we can get wrote up. I dont wear gloves at home in the garden because it makes the tomateos taste better. Worth

May 23, 2008	#20
tomatoguy Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Rockvale, TN Zone 7A Posts: 526	If my garden hands do a really good job, I take them to Baskin-Robbins when they are done. mater

May 23, 2008	#21
happyscientist Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: West Virginia Posts: 21	I have started doing a scrub of epsom salts and olive oil. My skin is incredibly soft afterward, and it is much cheaper than the commercial scrubs. A good bristle nail brush cleans up anything the salts don't get off.

May 24, 2008	#22
Tormato Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: MA Posts: 4,959	tomatoguy, Nice pics. Have your tomato hands ever picked strawberries? And, if so, is there then any room for Baskin-Robbins? Tormato