Garden Hat on a Sunny Day

ossobuco--

People who garden in public on the 9th day of spring--in a planned wardrobe--are headed for one of the lower circles of hell--just above Satan and Judas.

Here on the perfectly normal eastern seaboard, snow is falling--and a foot of snow is forecast.

When I do garden, weather permitting, I wear old clothes, knee pads and when I remember, soap under my fingernails. I wear gloves--mostly...sometimes...when convenient--but dirt is dirt.

Springtime snow! Hah!

Jeeez! I don't wear anything, LOL. Only kidding. I have a pair of overalls that I have just for gardening which gives me that farmer look. If it's still chilly and I'm just getting my garden ready, I'll wear workboots, but other than that when it warms up I wear shorts and an old pair of moccasins I have.

Old clothes. Stuff I don't mind getting dirty. Sweats and sneakers in the spring. A scarf and gloves. Tshirts and soft longer pants in the summer. Can't wear shorts because the mosquitoes will eat your ass up down here. And Avon's Skin So Soft on all exposed areas of the body.

Soap under fingernails? Do tell.

I wear whatever. Most of my clothes are eminently washable and pretty comfortable. I did just buy some incredibly adorable gardening gloves for the sozlet at Target -- they have this new line of gardening stuff for kids by the guy who wrote the "Miss Spider" books and I have to say they're amazingly cool. Really well-designed and cheap. So she will be wearing those. I managed to exercise some restraint and did NOT get her the ladybug kneepads. Yet.

So I am going to hell, noddy? Oh good, it will be warmer....

I have a yard of let go weeds. Sigh.

That's what you get without the snow cover...

Ossobuco--

You can probably avoid the Official Infernal Regions if you start weeding (in your parka) with frantic abandon. Of course, if you don't weed and all the weed seeds sprout, you'll have a Hell On Earth.

Sozobe--

Soap under the fingernails keeps the dirt out. I've been told that a good hand lotion does the same thing--or at least makes the dirt easier to remove--but I'm a hidebound traditionalist.

Ah, I just get my hands dirty, and use a nail brush later. Unless I am pruning, etc, and then I wear heavy gloves.

Depends on the weather (jeans and a tee - shorts and a tank). I tend to own and wear dark clothing, so I don't worry about ruining my everyday clothes gardening. I never use gloves. Even when I should - like while I was pruning that rose bush last weekend. I thought I'd noticed the lotion pre-gardening trick - glad to hear my suspiscions we confirmed. Thanks Noddy. I rarely wear hats even though I should for my skin. Usually I even forget to put my hair up before my hands get dirty.


Can't wait until it's full spring - we had snow here today.