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Yreka, CA

Hail Pumpkin Mavens! I know that some of you must have a solution to my current woe. Because I am often too involved when working in the garden to stop and get gloves, I now have hands covered with miserable little bumps caused by the spines on the vines and stems. My kids say that my hands are too scratchy when I touch them! Now, I am not the manicured, long-nailed, silky-smooth skin kinda gal, but I would like my kids to stop cringing when I go to pet them! Short of breaking down and wearing the darn gloves whenever I go near the patch, is there any solution that any of you use? Thanks! Patience

8/11/2002 4:46:54 PM

Cologne / Germany

Patience, I guess you have to take it as it is. My wife, my family, me - no gloves workers at all. It´s that needed feeling you miss while wearing gloves. I´m very affected to biting insects and other stuff, have some thick leather gloves but never use them. Just gardeners destiny.

8/11/2002 5:38:20 PM

Long Island,New York

How 'bout putting on the gloves when you go to pet the kids?.....LOL

8/11/2002 5:56:58 PM

North Ga

lmao, g!!!!!!!

8/11/2002 5:58:07 PM

Yreka, CA

You know, that might be my solution! :-) I didn't mention my other problem because it seems more ridiculous - I am afraid of stepping on the plants when I go to the garden, so I go barefoot so that I can feel what I'm doing. So, I am having a similar problem with my feet! My husband wonders what kind of weirdo he married! LOL Patience

8/11/2002 7:18:33 PM

canal winchester ohio

I've ALWAYS walked barefoot in my gardens & pumpkin patches for the exact same reasons. You can feel what you're stepping on before you apply pressure.....plus I'm whitetrash & we are always going around without shoes & shirts.

8/11/2002 7:24:30 PM

Ohio, USA

It's pretty sad if you call yourself white trash.

8/11/2002 10:19:44 PM

In the shade - PDX, OR

My opinion differs, & I don't think so. If you can't laugh and joke about yourself then you should check your sense of humor.

8/12/2002 12:43:12 AM

Deer Park WA

Hi Patience, Pumpkins are prickeley as are all cucerbits, some more than others. I have found that their sap is very hard to remove from your fingers and cloths. If you are pruning heavily or fertilizing deep in the patch please wear long sleeve shirts/pants and eyewear as they DO have spines that WILL hurt you... Best of luck, your scratched up partner, Gerry Gadberry

8/12/2002 1:39:55 AM

Garden State Pumpkins

G would those be green gloves!LMAO

8/12/2002 6:41:41 AM

Long Island,New York

Kid gloves........G

8/12/2002 3:51:54 PM

North Ga

You always crack me up G!!! ROLMFAO!!!

8/12/2002 4:36:24 PM

Garden State Pumpkins

Yikes Pappy! He's got a million of em!

8/12/2002 8:02:26 PM

Yreka, CA

OK, I know about LOL, and I get that LMAO and ROLMFAO must mean about the same thing, but WHAT do they stand for, exactly? (I have tried and tried to figure it out, to no avail.) Patience

8/13/2002 1:49:12 AM

Ohio, USA

quote from CEIS[My opinion differs, & I don't think so. If you can't laugh and joke about yourself then you should check your sense of humor.]
I have a great sense of humor!!! I just wasn't sure if huffs pumpkins was joking or not.

8/13/2002 8:13:46 PM

canal winchester ohio

Hey Aussie, I grew up on the "wrong" side of town & my family is from West Virginia & the Ozarks in Mo.
So "white trash" has been a family joke of ours since I was a little one.....Paul
By the way, what part of Ohio are ya in?

8/13/2002 8:40:59 PM

North Ga

White Trash in Ga. here!!!

8/13/2002 9:05:54 PM

North Ga

ROLMFAO!!!! Patience!!! Keep trying you will get it! LOL!! Have Patience.

8/13/2002 9:08:05 PM

Pumpkintown, SC

Thats right Pappy make him wait. That whats wrong with the US today. Everyone wants instant gratification. Now how do I grow a 1200lber anyone? Lol

8/13/2002 11:19:10 PM

Yreka, CA

Him? Him? Wait a minute. Do I sound like a guy? Do I write like a guy? Having had to put up with growing up with a name like Patience, I ought at least to get the credit for my gender! I mean, the kids used to call me Consti-patience! It's a wonder I'm not scarred for life! (Just kidding) Anyway, Cuzbiker, a true gentleman, related to me, in the politest possible way, the meaning of the terms. Y'all should be ashamed of yourselves. You kiss your mamas with those mouths? LTMBB! Patience

8/14/2002 12:22:57 AM

Deer Park WA

You tell em Patience! Bunch "O" heathen punkin farmers with no fetchen!

I love you guys!!! Show em, or blow em....

8/14/2002 12:32:53 AM

Ohio, USA

Hey huffs pumpkins I live around Northwestern Ohio.

8/14/2002 12:53:13 PM

Pumpkintown, SC

That goes to show yah what I know. I thought "patience" was one of your monickers. Oh, its your name. Got it! Hey just between you and me what does all that mean. "I" don't know.
PS. Don't tell anyone I didn't know either(:^}>

8/14/2002 8:24:53 PM

Lebanon Junction , Ky

I just had to take a crack at it.....[rolling over laughing my f_____ A__ off

8/15/2002 1:45:21 PM