On Sun, 07 Mar 2021 10:19:26 -0700, US Janet >
wrote:

>On Sun, 7 Mar 2021 10:02:43 -0500, Dave Smith
> wrote:
>
>>On 2021-03-07 4:06 a.m., bruce bowser wrote:
>>> On Saturday, March 6, 2021 at 8:20:08 PM UTC-5, US Janet wrote:
>>
>>>>> I do not know if there is a variety that is naturally less bitter
>>>>> and does not required.
>>>>>
>>>>> I have not grown them in years. Losing full and ready-to-harvest
>>>>> stems to a groundhog, just ticked me off too much to bother.
>>>> the stems of mine got furry with aphids and I could see I wasn't
>>>> going to win that battle.
>>>
>>> Incredible! Some people don't like being near gardening, though. If
>>> anyone gets bitten or electrocuted by an eel or something, it kinda
>>> has a repel effect from then on.
>>>
>>I had a good sized vegetable garden when I first moved here. One day I
>>was down on my hands and knees pulling weeds by hand and discovered
>>stinging nettles. Holy carp. It felt like I had stuck my hand into a
>>hornet nest. It didn't turn me off gardening completely, but It sure
>>left a bad imnpression on me. Now I make sure to wear gloves.
>
>leather or plastic type gloves only. The cloth gloves will let the
>pokey parts through and into your hand. There are gloves out now that
>have cloth backs and protected palms, those are the best.
>Janet US

I use cheapie disposable nitrile type gloves for many garden tasks-
weeding, potting, etc, but for serious shrub or rose work, I use heavy
duty leather garden gloves that Costco used to carry in a 3-pair pack.

Nothing protects against those nasty Knockout roses, though. They look
great all summer, but those thorns will pop through damn near
anything.