On Sun, 07 Mar 2021 13:59:31 -0500, Boron Elgar
> wrote:

>On Sun, 07 Mar 2021 10:19:26 -0700, US Janet >
>wrote:
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>>On Sun, 7 Mar 2021 10:02:43 -0500, Dave Smith
> wrote:
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>>>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.

Knock Out Roses are mean? I didn't know and was thinking about
getting some.
Janet US