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Article: CHOOSE GARDENING GLOVES WITH CARE.(LIVING)
- Article from:
- The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH)
- Article date:
- December 22, 2001
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Byline: Lee Reich AP Weekly Features
There's nothing like pruning a prickly gooseberry bush or a thorny rose on a cold day to give an appreciation for gardening gloves. Gardeners who like to wallow with their hands in the soil might frown at the idea of a gardening glove between their skin and the muck. But not every gardener enjoys dirty hands, and cold weather or thorny plants make gloves a necessity.
Pruning can quickly bring home the limitation of a particular kind of garden glove. If the gloves are of leather that becomes stiff when wet - and eventually any gardening glove does get wet - it can become hard to grasp fine twigs you've cut away from ...