Been digging a lot of holes lately for plants and it's torn up the skin on the inside of my thumbs. What are some good gloves to help with this? I think like gel padding inside the finger joints would be good, at least in between the thumb and index finger.

Ideally something waterproof too like with a nitrile coating I could easily spray off, since I pick out a lot of rocks and my current gloves (pic related) get all muddy and sopping wet.

>>2925588 (OP)
Leather is the best material. Lasts the longer and weeds and stuff don't stick to it too much.
Are you digging by hand?

>>2925588 (OP)
rigger

People use extra long goatskin gloves for shit like roses and blackberries. Regular cowhide leather gloves are perfect for normal gardening and landscaping. Synthetic/composite materials make for shitty gardening gloves. It's not really just about the glove, but also in how you use your hands.

Waterproof gloves are gonna be a swamp to work in all day. Best to carry around a pair of water resistant nitrile dipped work gloves or something if you don't want your leather gloves to get wet. Those leather gloves you have are beyond shit, btw. Get better ones.

I have rostaing gauntlets, they're rated for razor wire so they work ok on blackthorn

>>2925588 (OP)
Plant hole auger for your drill. Costs $20 and lasts forever, if you hit a small rock hold it sideways a bit and it’ll push the rock out

>>2925628
> Are you digging by hand?
Well, with a shovel

>>2925684
Won't work, my soil is filled with huge rocks, everywhere. I tried one and it broke, right at the part where it connects to the drill chuck.

Leather.

>>2925588 (OP)
>Been digging a lot of holes lately for plants and it's torn up the skin on the inside of my thumbs
So you got a blister?

>>2925843
I managed to avoid it by putting bag balm on it under a bandage, but yeah it probably would have.

I ordered these chinkshit gloves, the cotton lining looks like it might help. I would like something with like a slippery gel lining inside so I could moisturize my hands and they'd glide around, secured by a wrist strap, but I don't think it exists. Still the cotton looks better than rawhide.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0BPNNPF83

>>2925856
>bag balm
>bandage
>cotton lining
>gel lining
Stop being a pussy.
If you're gonna work with soil, digging holes and shit, your hands are gonna be hurt and with time they will toughen and so will your skin. If your girlfriend or boyfriend complains, tell them you're fucking tarzan.
I was cutting a pine tree to small pieces a few days ago and right now my hands feel like they are made out of wood

>>2925885
>my hands feel like they are made out of wood
resin is an absolute bitch to get off

>>2925886
>resin is an absolute bitch to get off
The older people I was working with that day, told me that it comes out with a little bit of olive oil. I didn't try it because I stopped caring about the resin at some point.
But yeah, it sucks to feel sticky

>>2925885
>with time they will toughen and so will your skin
I like my hands soft and there's nothing you can do about it other than calling me a faggot
>>2925887
>a little bit of olive oil
any oil works
I usually use cheap sunflower to not waste the olive

>>2925893
You're right, sunflower oil is cheaper, faggot

>>2925885
But I want to stay young and supple forever

>>2925887
>But yeah, it sucks to feel sticky
I just rub my hands in the dirt

>>2925886
I was clearing my property during COVID, hand sanitizer gets pitch/resin off. I even used it on cloths, no oil stains either.

>>2925588 (OP)
>sopping wet.
i think that is your issue, maybe try more layers, like an under glove than a protective glove. in the sunglasses industry they use a fabric glove than a rubber glove, it reduces discomfort.

>>2926071
Yeah I was looking for under gloves, there's not much that looks appropriate. Maybe I'm cockblocked by AI that can't figure out what I'm looking for, the only results are either winter glove liners or eczema gloves. Something like a tight fitting (but not compression) nylon fingerless glove would probably work.

I think next time I'll try silicone scar tape. Wrap it around my lower thumbs. Taking a break from digging during the heat wave but I still have 4 holes to go.

>>2925690
root bar, electric cultivator, dry/wet shop vac, rotary hammer.
couple 2x4 and some chicken wire can sift the majority of your stones out.
check out your local landfill i pay per axel in the minivan or by weight in a truck

>>2926075
The only thing that would work is an excavator.

>>2926076
hmm i recommend roman techniques.
Drain it, Light a fire and Quelch with ice water. the thermo-shock should crack it worst case it pops while heating, but it is underground so bring the family over for smores lots of smores will take a while to get the rock hot.

>>2926077
Well the big rock is where I started digging. I moved over to create an acceptable hole next to it. Half my yard is filled with these immovable boulders, but it's probably good for like, not getting sinkholes and such. Very poorly drained soil. But the plant I put there is red twig dogwood which likes wet areas so it's okay.

>>2926078
neat blood grass

Vermont gloves, they not cheap but it will last you a very long time. There is a reason why no stores have them for sale because they would ratcher sell $25 pair of gloves to you that is junk and will fall apart in couple weeks, plus almost all of them contain chemicals. Goodluck anono

>>2926166
Jeezum crow those are expensive bud

Not surprised at how much of a faggot OP turned out to be.