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Gardening hand care is essential for all gardeners. Here in hot, dry Denver, hand care before, during and after gardening is even more essential. Gardening tasks leave hands rough and dry. Some gardening tasks cause allergic reactions. Gardening hand care leaves skin soft and supple. Why skip gardening hand care?
Regular gloves are cumbersome when gardening. Try switching to gloves used for gardening hand care. Gardeners appreciate the flexibility of surgical gloves while gardening. Allergic to latex? Try cotton gloves. Don't use heavy gloves for gardening hand care. Try thin cotton gloves instead. For sweaty garden hands hand care use talc in the gloves.
Use a skin softening protector for gardening hand care. I smooth on petroleum jelly, olive oil or cocoa butter before donning gardening gloves. Using a protective barrier for hand care keeps hands from drying while planting, weeding and watering. Use the hand care oils lotions and creams you prefer as gardening hand care.
My Dad taught me an old gardening trick for hand care. Run nails across a bar of soap prior to gardening. Nails fill up with soap which keeps the soil out and is easily washed off after gardening. This hand care tip has saved me countless hours of hand care after a long day of gardening.
Your first thought after gardening may be to wash that dirt off with hot soapy water. After gardening hand care is better accomplished by applying oils, lotions and creams first, then washing immediately with soap and water and applying another layer of protection. This prevents hands from drying as readily.
Gardening hand care may involve some gentle soaking. Wrap ½ cup oatmeal and some lavender blossoms in cheesecloth. Put the unopened bag into a bath or basin filled with warm water. In the bath, this soothing soak benefits all skin. Use a basin for either hand care or foot care soaks.
Comments
These are fantastic insider tips. I like the bar soap trick. Before bed, I usually put hand lotion on and wear cotton gloves, because my hands are always so dry....even in humid Houston. :-)
Oh, thanks for this! I hate those darn gardening gloves, but really can't stand the way my hands look, feel, and look after gardening without them!
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