Gardening Gloves: Comfortable and Protective
I love gardening gloves. I didn’t always. I really hated the cotton gloves and the soft gold work gloves available when I was growing up. I have small hands and it was always a chore to find gloves that didn’t pose a hazard or slide off mid-task. Plus it was difficult to pick up small objects with those thick and clunky gloves.
So I often worked bare-handed in the garden only to come in with dirty hands and nails, a couple scratches and occasionally a broken nail. Then I discovered outdoor gloves made for kids, which fit me well although the shape for a child’s hand is not the same as an adult hand so they weren’t quite perfect.
Several years ago at Michigan Master Gardener College I was the lucky winner of a set of Atlas Nitrile gardening gloves and my addiction to these gloves was sealed as soon as I got home and used them.
There are many good reasons to wear gardening gloves; they protect your hands in harsh weather, for sure but they also:
keep your hands much cleaner
protect you from soil-borne bacteria and infections
prevents cuts and splinters
Atlas Nitrile gloves come in several sizes, they have a breathable back as well as the coated palm, so they’re protective. Another benefit is that the nitrile palm works on a smartphone screen — no taking the gloves off to search on a plant or take a call.
I’ve washed the pairs I’m currently using and let them air dry. This is especially handy when you’re pulling out plants that can cause contact dermatitis — a real issue for me — and you don’t want those oils lingering behind.
I love these gloves so much that I’ve worn out two pairs, the pair shown above is getting close to the point of being trashed but I still have two pairs handy that I can use to get me through this season. Then it will be time to order more. If you’re looking for new garden gloves I encourage you to take a look at the Atlas gloves featured below.
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Creative and targeted programs that make an impact are the hallmark of experienced marketing professional Ruth Steele Walker. Focusing on results that improve the bottom line, she accelerates projects from conception to implementation with a mastery of writing, production, placement, budgeting and coordination.
During more than 25 years with Foremost Corporation of America, the nation's leading insurer of manufactured housing and recreational vehicles, Walker consistently produced effective communications programs that resulted in increased net written premium. Her expertise in crisis communications was a vital part of Foremost's exemplary customer service in the wake of hurricanes, floods and earthquakes. Walker specializes in communications targeting the 50+ demographic, with an emphasis in communications for the 65+ segment.
Among other achievements, Walker developed communications for the merger of Foremost and Farmers Insurance, addressing audiences including customers, employees, trade and consumer media. For Foremost's 50th anniversary, she created a celebration program of internal and external promotions, special events, recognition and a 162-page commemorative book.
Earlier in her career, Walker was a newspaper reporter, a TV and radio producer, and worked in national sales and traffic at network TV affiliates. Walker earned a BA in journalism from Michigan State University and an MS in communications from Grand Valley State University.
She and her husband Scott operate a small vineyard in Michigan's Leelanau Peninsula, producing premium vinifera wine grapes. The vineyard has been the largest local supplier for Suttons Bay wine label L. Mawby, recently named one of the world's top producers of sparkling wines.
