Okay all you gardeners......

[Dee]

How do you get past getting dirty?

First of all, I have a black thumb, I can kill just about anything. LOL But the worst part is getting dirty! :eek: I can not stand having my hands dirty and stuff under my nails. Ewwwww, gives me the heebie geebies just thinking about it! I know to use gloves outside and I do, but how do you get past that icky feeling?

Let's not forget the bugs too! :eek: Mainly it is the flying ones, you know, gnats, flies and bees. If it is too buggy out, I don't even mow the lawn. I tend to get all uptight and anxious from swatting them away. I just hate them!

With Jack working at the new job and being gone for long hours, the outside upkeep now falls to me. How am I ever going to get it done?

[Sara]

I don't like the creepy bugs that hide under wood and rocks, but other than that I am ok. I don't like dirt under my fingernails either. I wear gloves most of the time. I don't like weeding and so much of my gardening is weeding. ugh

We're still yard clearing so much too, so it's a lot of labor with dragging branches etc.

I guess grubs and snails/slugs freak me out too. It seems it doesn't matter what I do I still come across them.

Then it comes hosta buying time and planting perennials and all the nasty stuff isn't the main focus. :)

[dolphindream]

I am the world's messiest gardener! I can look at dirt and it jumps on me. LOL I try to wear gloves as much as possible, but most of the time I don't because they hamper me more than help me. I come in and scrub and scrub and scrub my hands with a loofah type sponge. Bugs creep me out, too. Bees freak me out a little.

[Darlene]

I don't like to wear gloves & actually like feeling the dirt with my hands. I usually only wear them when I'm working with rough stuff. Just get out the orange smelling pumice soap stuff & nail brush and I'm good to go.

I try to get out in the yard really early and usually only have to deal with mosquitoes & I spray myself for them. If the bugs are really bad I stay inside or wear this net that covers my head. Spring is really bad for black flies & gnats. Getting out as soon as it's light & cool is my fav time to garden.

[homemaker carol]

I love getting dirty, the dirtier the better. I don't wear gloves nor shoes. I want my feet in the dirt.

I don't like flies or mosquitoes though. spray myself as well especially now with the West Nile virus threat.

Darlene I do the same as you - getting out early. Nothing like working in the garden early in the morning when its still quiet except for the birds. Love it.

[debbiepittman]

I get $1 gloves at dollar store. You can also get $1 pads to kneel on.

Debbie

[jlxian]

I have tried many pairs of gloves, but they always seem to get in my way so I resort to working the garden barehanded. I get dirty. Its just part of it!

Then I have to scrub it all off with a fingernail brush. The worst part is that the dirt is so drying to my hands, but other than that I don't mind getting dirty!

When I was still in college and working in a lawn and garden center, a glamorous looking woman came in to choose some annuals for planting in her containers or her garden. She said, "Sweetie, would you pick those up for me, I just had my nails done." This was before the you-stick-them-on false nails, and she no doubt had on some expensive set of salon nails. I wanted to belt her, but didn't.

But all in all, I don't mind the dirt. The only thing I don't like about gardening is snakes.