The right to bare arms: I support it in the garden and that’s how I get poison ivy right above where my garden glove ends – just above the elbow. I need a full body glove or a hazmat suit.
I was weeding with my friend Nancy the other day: she’s a right-handed weeder, and I am a left-handed weeder. We work well together. She looked up from her weeding and said, “You must wear out a lot of left-handed gloves.”
“I do,” I said. “Do you go through a lot of right-handed gloves?”
“I do,” she said. “Hey,” she said. “I have all these left-handed gloves that are not worn out and now I know what to do with them.”
Hand them over,” I said.
Talk about cooperation.
How about we start a glove bank? Donate your unused left or right-handed glove, and we will pair you up with an opposite-handed weeder.
The alternative? Become an ambidextrous weeder.
I just bought a new pair of garden gloves and the tag touted “touchscreen compatible fingertips.” Hmm, I don’t need that because I don’t bring my phone to my garden. I have few rules in life, but no electronic devices in the garden is one.
Nancy on the other hand (in this case the right hand) always brings her phone to her garden. Last week she accidentally lost her phone in the weed pile. That took some digging – with both hands – fully gloved.