Gardening gloves are for sissies. I always have dirt under my nails.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I read, go for walks and I love to garden. My hands are such a mess. People think I should have movie star hands, but they're just gardening ones. Always slightly grubby and with a bit of dirt under the fingernails.
Literally, if someone says I am grounded, everyday I am at home, I actually have my hands in the ground and dirt under my fingernails. I don't have a staff to do it all for me. I still plant a seed and I'm amazed it grows.
What the country needs is dirtier fingernails and cleaner minds.
I have an armchair interest in gardening, but I don't like to get my knees dirty. I don't have a garden.
We used tea towels for gloves until we got proper ones and were always breaking our mum's ornaments. She'd come home and find us all sat in our boxer shorts, out of breath and our skin red raw. She hated it.
My brother Shane and I used to spar with each other in the kitchen. We didn't have gloves, so we wrapped tea towels around our hands.
I use those medical gloves that fit very tightly and are disposable for all chopping - peppers, onions, garlic, etc. Very Lady Macbeth, I think.
I use bath gloves in the shower every day. People often comment on my skin and I just tell them that I use bath gloves.
Gloves make you so much more delicate.
Don't be afraid to get your hands in the dirt. Buy gloves if you are squeamish about it.